|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOONTIDE REST, by ANTIPHILUS OF BYZANTIUM
First Line: Tall oak, who spread on high your shady boughs
Last Line: Protect me also from the hot sun's blaze.
Subject(s): Rest
First Line: Tall oak, who spread on high your shady boughs
Last Line: Protect me also from the hot sun's blaze.
Subject(s): Rest
TALL oak, who spread on high your shady boughs
Above men sheltering from the naked sun,
Close as a roof of tiles -- wood-pigeons' house,
Home of cicadas, canopy at noon --
Here as I lie beneath your leafy sprays
Protect me also from the hot sun's blaze.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
DE LITTLE PICKANINNY'S GONE TO SLEEP by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
MOTHER NIGHT by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
BOY'S SLEEP by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE
HOW FAR IS IT TO THE LAND WE LEFT? by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE
IT'S NOT COLD HERE by ELEANOR WILNER
SUPPLICATION by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR.
HASTE NOT! REST NOT! by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
A FRESHET by ANTIPHILUS OF BYZANTIUM