Hesperus, hail! thy winking light Best befriends the lover, Whom the sadder Moon for spite Gladly would discover. Thou art fairer far than she, Fairer far and chaster: She may guess who smiled on me, I know who embraced her. Pan of Arcady . . 'twas Pan, In the tamarisk bushes . . Bid her tell thee, if she can, Where were then her blushes. And, were I inclined to tattle, I could name a second, Whom asleep with sleeping cattle To her cave she beckon'd. Hesperus, hail! thy friendly ray Watches o'er the lover, Lest the nodding leaves betray, Lest the Moon discover. Phryne heard my kisses given Acte's rival bosom . . '@3Twas the buds@1, I swore my heaven, @3Bursting into blossom@1. What she heard, and half espied By the gleam, she doubted, And with arms uplifted, cried @3How they must have sprouted@1! Hesperus, hail again! thy light Best befriends the lover, Whom the sadder Moon for spite Gladly would discover. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LUCY (4) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH PEBBLES by KENNETH SLADE ALLING HOLLYWOOD NOCTURNE by JANE BOWER SONGS OF THE SEA CHILDREN: 103 by BLISS CARMAN JEUNE FILLE ET JEUNE FLEUR by FRANCOIS AUGUSTE RENE DE CHATEAUBRIAND A THOUGHTLESS GUEST by ANN COBB AN OLD PRIMA DONNA SPEAKS by HELEN WIEAND COLE LOVE, ALWAYS A TALKATIVE COMPANION by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |