Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IDYLL 17. LOVE RESISTLESS, by BION Poet's Biography First Line: Bright cypris! Goddess ever meek and mild Last Line: That we the cruel one can never fly? Subject(s): Love - Nature Of | ||||||||
BRIGHT Cypris! goddess ever meek and mild, Of mightiest Zeus and loveliest sea-nymph child, Why with Immortals and our mortal kind Art thou so wroth? what stung thy gentle mind To bring forth Love? who wills at all to strike, His cruel heart his person how unlike! Winged and far-darter why didst make him, why, That we the cruel one can never fly? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RESCUE THE DEAD by DAVID IGNATOW BUTTERFLIES UNDER PERSIMMON by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 27 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 30 by JAMES JOYCE HE WHO KNOWS LOVE by ELSA BARKER LOVE'S HUMBLENESS by ELSA BARKER SONG (IN THE LUCKY CHANCE) by APHRA BEHN IDYLL 1. LAMENT FOR ADONIS by BION |
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