Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE'S ATTRIBUTES, by PIERRE DE RONSARD


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First Line: Ceres rules the fields of grain
Last Line: Are consecrate to love.
Subject(s): Demeter; Flowers; Goddesses & Gods; Love; Mythology; Orchards; Tears; Ceres


CERES rules the fields of grain,
Goat-foot Gods the wood;
Phoebus gives the laurel-vine,
Pallas the olives good,
And Chloris guards the tender grass in bud;
To Cybel's reign
Belongs the fair lone pine.

All sweet fruits that orchards bear
Own Pomona's power;
All sweet sounds that stir the grove
Are the Zephyrs' dower;
Nymphs rule the waves, and Flora every flower;
But tears and care
Are consecrate to Love.





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