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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DIRCE, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Stand close around, ye stygian set Last Line: That he is old and she a shade. Variant Title(s): Epigram Subject(s): Charon; Styx (river) | |||
STAND close around, ye Stygian set, With Dirce in one boat conveyed! Or Charon, seeing, may forget That he is old and she a shade. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CHARON'S COSMOLOGY by CHARLES SIMIC VARIATIONS ON A THEME by ALFRED GOLDSWORTHY BAILEY A GHOST SPEAKS ON THE STYX by JOHN DRINKWATER ALCESTIS: SCENE 2 by EURIPIDES GALSWORTHY TAKES THE FERRY by ELMER GUSTAFSON CHARON AND PHILOMEL [PHYLOMEL], A DIALOGUE SUNG by ROBERT HERRICK THE NEW CHARON, UPON THE DEATH OF HENRY LORD HASTINGS by ROBERT HERRICK A MOCK CHARON; DIALOGUE: CHARON, WHARTON by RICHARD LOVELACE BIBO AND CHARON by MATTHEW PRIOR A FIESOLAN IDYL by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR |
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