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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.) | |||
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? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR A COPY OF THEOCRITUS by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THEOCRITUS; FOR A. LANG'S TRANSLATION by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE BALLADE TO THEOCRITUS, IN WINTER by ANDREW LANG THEOCRITUS by CHARLES HARTLEY LANGHORNE TO THEOCRITUS by HELEN MURIEL MORRIS |
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