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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A PICTURE OF LEANDER, by JOHN KEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come hither all sweet maidens soberly Last Line: He's gone; up bubbles all his amorous breath! Subject(s): Dardanelles; Hero & Leander; Hellespont; Leander | |||
COME hither, all sweet maidens soberly, Down-looking aye, and with a chastened light Hid in the fringes of your eyelids white, And meekly let your fair hands joined be, As if so gentle that ye could not see, Untouched, a victim of your beauty bright, Sinking away to his young spirit's night, Sinking bewildered mid the dreary sea: 'T is young Leander toiling to his death; Nigh swooning, he doth purse his weary lips For Hero's cheek, and smiles against her smile. O horrid dream! see how his body dips Dead-heavy; arms and shoulders gleam awhile: He's gone; up bubbles all his amorous breath! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPIGRAM: HERO AND LEANDER by JOHN DONNE HERO AND LEANDER by CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE HERO TO LEANDER by ALFRED TENNYSON THE LAMP OF HERO by LOUISE VICTORINE ACKERMANN LEANDER DROWNED by PHILIP AYRES THE PIONEER'S FIELD by RICHARD BECK LEANDERS OBSEQUIES by ROBERT HERRICK HERO AND LEANDER; TO S.T. COLERIDGE by THOMAS HOOD A DREAM, AFTER READING DANTE'S EPISODE OF PAULO & FRANCESCA by JOHN KEATS |
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