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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THEOCRITUS; A VILLANELLE, by OSCAR WILDE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography
First Line: O singer of persephone
Last Line: Dost thou remember sicily?
Alternate Author Name(s): Finga, O'flahertie Wills
Subject(s): Theocritus (310-250 B.c.)
First Line: O singer of persephone
Last Line: Dost thou remember sicily?
Alternate Author Name(s): Finga, O'flahertie Wills
Subject(s): Theocritus (310-250 B.c.)
O SINGER of Persephone!
In the dim meadows desolate
Dost thou remember Sicily?
Still through the ivy flits the bee
Where Amaryllis lies in state;
O Singer of Persephone!
Simaetha calls on Hecate
And hears the wild dogs at the gate;
Dost thou remember Sicily?
Still by the light and laughing sea
Poor Polypheme bemoans his fate:
O Singer of Persephone!
And still in boyish rivalry
Young Daphnis challenges his mate:
Dost thou remember Sicily?
Slim Lacon keeps a goat for thee,
For thee the jocund shepherds wait,
O Singer of Persephone!
Dost thou remember Sicily?
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