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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NARCISSUS (2), by JAMES ELROY FLECKER Poet's Biography First Line: O pool in which we dallied Last Line: Like earth is honey-sweet! Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Narcissus (mythology) | |||
O pool in which we dallied And splashed the prostrate Noon! O Water-boy, more pallid Than any watery moon! O Lilies round him turning! O broken Lilies, strewn! O silver Lutes of Morning! O Red of the Drums of Noon! O dusky-plumaged sorrow! O ebon Swans of Care -- I sought thee on the Morrow, And never found thee there! I breathed the vapour-blended Cloud of a dim despair: White lily, is it ended? Gold lily -- oh, golden hair! The pool that was thy dwelling I hardly knew again, So black it was, and swelling With bitter wind and rain. 'Mid the bowed leaves I lingered, Lashed by the blast of Pain, Till evening, storm-rose-fingered, Beckoned to night again. There burst a flood of Quiet Over the unstelled skies; Full moon flashed out a-riot: Near her I dreamt thine eyes Afloat with night, still trembling With captured mysteries: But sulphured wracks, assembling, Redarkened the bright skies. Ah, thou at least art lying Safe at the white nymph's feet, Listless, while I, slow-dying, Twist my gaunt limbs for heat! Yet I'll to Earth, my Mother: So, boy, I'll still entreat Forgive me -- for none other Like Earth is honey-sweet! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHAT NARCISSUS GAVE THE LAKE by ELEANOR WILNER NARCISSUS AND ECHO by FRED CHAPPELL SECOND OPINION by STEPHEN CUSHMAN NARCISSUS by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES NARCISSUS by KATHRYN E. COLQUHOUN NARCISSUS (1) by JAMES ELROY FLECKER SONG TO MYSELF by GLORIA GODDARD NARCISSUS: A POMPEIIAN BRONZE by VYACHESLAV IVANOVICH IVANOV NARCISSUS by GRACE DENIO LITCHFIELD SANTORIN (A LEGEND OF THE AEGEAN) by JAMES ELROY FLECKER |
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