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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CLINGING VINE, by ANTIPATER OF SIDON Poet's Biography First Line: A vine o'er me, a withered plane, hath grown Last Line: Whose love around thee, e'en in death, may twine. Alternate Author Name(s): Antipatros Of Sidon Subject(s): Love | |||
A vine o'er me, a withered plane, hath grown, And shrouds my limbs with foliage not their own, Grateful—because my boughs, once verdant, trained Her tender shoots, her clustering grapes sustained. So choose, fond boy, a partner like the vine, Whose love around thee, e'en in death, may twine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD ANACREON by ANTIPATER OF SIDON |
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