Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAMAETAS, by GEORGE GORDON BYRON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In law an infant, and in years a boy Last Line: And what was once his bliss appears his bane. Alternate Author Name(s): Byron, Lord; Byron, 6th Baron Subject(s): Youth | ||||||||
IN law an infant and in years a boy, In mind a slave to every vicious joy; From every sense of shame and virtue wean'd; In lies an adept, in deceit a fiend; Versed in hypocrisy while yet a child; Fickle as wind, of inclinations wild; Woman his dupe, his heedless friend a tool; Old in the world, though scarcely broke from school; Damaetas ran through all the maze of sin, And found the goal when others just begin. Even still conflicting passions shake his soul, And bid him drain the dregs of pleasure's bowl; But, pall'd with vice, he breaks his former chain, And what was once his bliss appears his bane. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE WARS by ROBERT HASS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES ALONG WITH YOUTH by ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE BLACK RIVIERA by MARK JARMAN ALL IS VANITY, SAITH THE PREACHER' by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |
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