Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MUSICAL CONQUERERS, by PHILIP AYRES Poet's Biography First Line: Led by kind stars one ev'ning to the groves Last Line: My eyes no less were charm'd at her angelic sight. Subject(s): Music & Musicians | ||||||||
LED by kind stars one ev'ning to the grove, I spied my Cynthia in the Walk of Love; Her heav'nly voice did soon salute my ears, I heard, methought, the Music of the Spheres. Those notes on all the birds had laid a spell, And list'ning 'mongst the rest was Philomel; Who thinking she, in credit, suffer'd wrong, Strove, tho' in vain, to equal Cynthia's song: But when herself, in voice, outdone she knew, Being griev'd, she ceas'd, and from her rival flew, I stay'd and saw my fair walk round the tree, And sing her triumph for the victory. Thus whilst my ears were feasted with delight, My eyes no less were charm'd at her angelic sight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINER NOTES TO AN IMAGINARY PLAYLIST by TERRANCE HAYES VARIATIONS: 13 by CONRAD AIKEN BELIEVE, BELIEVE by BOB KAUFMAN ROUND ABOUT MIDNIGHT by BOB KAUFMAN MUSIC by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES THE POWER OF MUSIC by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES ON A FAIR BEGGAR by PHILIP AYRES |
|