Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PAN IMMORTAL; SONNET, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE Poet's Biography First Line: Who weeps the death of pan? Pan is not dead Last Line: Or hears his laugh far echoing down the glen! Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Pan (mythology) | ||||||||
WHO weeps the death of Pan? Pan is not dead, But loves the shepherds still; still leads the fauns In merry dances o'er the grassy lawns, To his own pipes; as erst in Greece he led The sylvan games, what time the god pursued The beauteous Dryope. The Naiads still Haunt the green marge of every mountain rill; The Dryads sport in every leafy wood; Pan cannot die till Nature's self decease! Full oft the reverent worshiper descries His ruddy face and mischief-glancing eyes Beneath the branches of old forest-trees That tower remote from steps of worldly men, Or hears his laugh far echoing down the glen! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE DEAD PAN by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING CHANSON INNOCENTE: 1, FR. TULIPS by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS HYMN OF PAN by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY PAN'S PIPING by ALCAEUS OF MESSENE IDYLL 3. THE TEACHER TAUGHT by BION THE DAIRYMAIDS TO PAN by GORDON BOTTOMLEY PAN IN PANDEMONIUM by BERTON BRALEY PAN AND LUNA by ROBERT BROWNING DEATH AND CUPID; AN ALLEGORY by JOHN GODFREY SAXE |
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