Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG OF PROSERPINE WHILE GATHERING FLOWERS ON PLAIN OF ENNA, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sacred goddess, mother earth Last Line: On thine own child, proserpine. Subject(s): Persephone; Proserpine; Proserpina | ||||||||
SACRED Goddess, Mother Earth, Thou from whose immortal bosom Gods, and men, and beasts have birth, Leaf and blade, and bud and blossom, Breathe thine influence most divine On thine own child, Proserpine. If with mists of evening dew Thou dost nourish these young flowers Till they grow, in scent and hue, Fairest children of the hours, Breathe thine influence most divine On thine own child, Proserpine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PERSEPHONE, FALLING by RITA DOVE ADONIS IN WINTER by KENNETH REXROTH SONG OF THE STYGIAN NAIADES by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES PERSEPHONE PAUSES by CAROLYN KIZER MEMORIAL TO D.C.: 2. PRAYER TO PERSEPHONE by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY A DIRGE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY ADONAIS; AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF JOHN KEATS by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY |
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