Classic and Contemporary Poetry
KING ARTHUR: SONG OF PAN AND NEREIDE, by JOHN DRYDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Round they coasts, fair nymph of britain Last Line: And takes for kings the tyrian dye. Subject(s): Mythology; Mythology - Classical; Nymphs; Pan (mythology); Singing & Singers; Songs | ||||||||
ROUND thy Coasts, Fair Nymph of Britain, For thy Guard our Waters flow: Proteus all his Herds admitting On thy Greens to Graze below. Foreign Lands thy Fishes Tasting Learn from thee Luxurious Fasting. 1 For Folded Flocks, on Fruitful Plains, The Shepherds and the Farmers Gains, Fair Britain all the world outvyes; And Pan, as in Arcadia reigns Where Pleasure mixt with Profit lyes. 2 Though Jasons Fleece was Fam'd of old, The British Wool is growing Gold; No Mines can more of Wealth supply: It keeps the Peasant from the Cold, And takes for Kings the Tyrian Dye. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY A SONG FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY by JOHN DRYDEN A SONG TO A FAIR YOUNG LADY GOING OUT OF TOWN IN THE SPRING by JOHN DRYDEN |
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