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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): MEDEA'S HESITATION, by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS First Line: She spoke, and rose, and opened the room-door Last Line: And mock at her; like her medea wept. Alternate Author Name(s): Apollonius Of Rhodes | |||
SHE spoke, and rose, and opened the room-door, Unslippered, a single cloak about her put; Eager to see her sister, forth she came And crossed the threshold floor. A long time in the impediment of her shame She waited at the porchway, irresolute; And then she turned again upon her track, Again she came outside, again slipped back; This way and that her fear bore her in vain; When she ran out, shame tethered her again Fast in her room, by passion of her will Still driven, by her shame impeded still. Three times she tried, three times herself she stayed, But fell upon her pillow the fourth time Face downward, like a bride within her room Mourning the lusty groom Brothers and parents had given her in troth, And still her women, for shame and thought of him, She dare not join, but sits and cries in a corner; For him some doom laid low, before they both Came each in other's blisses to exult. With burning heart she sits, a silent mourner Watching the bed unslept, Afraid the other women will insult And mock at her; like her Medea wept. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): EROS AND HIS MOTHER by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): HYLAS by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): JASON'S SOWING AND REAPING by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): MEDEA BETRAYED by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): MEDEA'S DREAM by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): MEDEA'S PARTING WORDS by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): REMORSE by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): THE MEETING by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): THE MOVING ROCKS by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONAUTICA): THE SAILING OF THE ARGO by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS |
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