Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM. ON EROS PLOUGHING, by MOSCHUS Poet's Biography First Line: His torch and quiver down sly eros flung Last Line: "the harvest, or I'll yoke europa's bull." Subject(s): Cupid; Goddesses & Gods; Mythology; Plowing & Plowmen; Eros | ||||||||
HIS torch and quiver down sly Eros flung, An ox-goad took in hand, a wallet slung, Then yoked strong bulls and made the plough to train, And as he went the furrow sowed with grain. And looking up he said to Zeus, "Make full The harvest, or I'll yoke Europa's bull." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 6. ONESELF AT HELL'S MOUTH by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER SONNET: O HUSBAND! by ANNE WALDMAN EROS by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES CLEOMENS, OR THE SPARTAN HERO: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON CUPID MISTAKEN by MATTHEW PRIOR DEATH AND CUPID; AN ALLEGORY by JOHN GODFREY SAXE ALL THINGS SHOULD CONTRIBUTE TO LOVE'S ASSISTANCE; AN IDYLLIUM by MOSCHUS |
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