Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SYLVAN APOLOGY, by MAURICE DU PLESSYS



Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

SYLVAN APOLOGY, by                    
First Line: You lie who say the gods have left the woods!
Last Line: Still drinks.
Alternate Author Name(s): Flandre-noblesse, Sylvan Francois Maurice
Subject(s): Forests; Goddesses & Gods; Mythology; Woods


You lie who say the Gods have left the woods!
See how forever, for her virginhood's
Shadowy love, weeps Philomel;
How Pomona makes the harvest swell
With fruit beyond reason;
How now as of old the Months parade
Through the orchard sun and shade
Each in its season.

Boor with the ass's ear,
Intruder on the woodland sports!
Tell if the herdsman in vain exhorts
Lucina for the ewe lambs of the year!
If Pan less fervent summons fair Syrinx.
Tell if my lip of red
By the Muses featly led
Of the simple, eloquent fountain-head
Still drinks.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...



Home: PoetryExplorer.net