Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PERIMEDES, THE BLACKSMITH: SONNET (2), by ROBERT GREENE


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PERIMEDES, THE BLACKSMITH: SONNET (2), by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The siren venus nouric'd in her lap
Last Line: Rich'd with such flowers as virtue yieldeth thee.
Variant Title(s): Adonis Reproved
Subject(s): Goddesses & Gods; Love; Mythology; Mythology - Classical; Venus (goddess); Youth


THE Siren Venus nouric'd in her lap
Fair Adon, swearing whiles he was a youth
He might be wanton: note his after-hap,
The guerdon that such lawless lust ensu'th;
So long he follow'd flattering Venus' lore,
Till, seely lad, he perish'd by a boar.

Mars in his youth did court this lusty dame,
He won her love; what might his fancy let?
He was but young: at last, unto his shame,
Vulcan entrapp'd them slyly in a net,
And call'd the gods to witness as a truth,
A lecher's fault was not excus'd by youth.

If crookèd age accounteth youth his spring,
The spring, the fairest season of the year,
Enrich'd with flowers, and sweets, and many a thing,
That fair and gorgeous to the eyes appear;
It fits that youth, the spring of man, should be
'Rich'd with such flowers as virtue yieldeth thee.





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