"BEAUTIFUL nymph all white with fear, Stay with me, share with me, dream with me here, A night, a month, a year!" "Shepherd, shepherd, I am loved; I am cursed! And the woes to be suffered may yet be the worst." "Corals have I who dwell in a cave; White trembler, though brown as a rock, I am brave; Break over my breast, sad wave!" "Fisher, fisher, I am chased; I am blessed! But the joys as yet tasted are far from the best." "Her youth peeped through her tattered cloak! She was white; we are black, we Ethiop folk; She shuddered when we spoke!" "Great Zeus, great Zeus! I am thine, I am pure! Thy touch but not theirs will my soul endure!" "White Cloud, no more driven! O Feminine Youth, Rest! oaks at Dodona have told thee the truth, Behold I fondle and soothe!" "Grandly, grandly I am loved, I am kissed! Above me the eyes of the stars all mist! A warm wind sighs; Egypt, our noble bed, Hushed nuptial and secret lies; I am sure, I can feel that my cheeks are red.. Are kissed and red!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET: OF THREE GIRLS AND OF THEIR TALK by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO PRE-EXISTENCE by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE by SIDNEY LANIER THE SORROWS OF WERTHER by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY WRITTEN IN IRELAND by MARY (CUMBERLAND) ALCOCK BEETHOVEN'S SEVENTH SYMPHONY by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN |