Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SYLVAN APOLOGY, by MAURICE DU PLESSYS 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...THE PRINCESS WAKES IN THE WOOD by RANDALL JARRELL CHAMBER MUSIC: 20 by JAMES JOYCE ADVICE TO A FOREST by MAXWELL BODENHEIM A SOUTH CAROLINA FOREST by AMY LOWELL JOY IN THE WOODS by CLAUDE MCKAY IN BLACKWATER WOODS by MARY OLIVER THE PLACE I WANT TO GET BACK TO by MARY OLIVER |
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