Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BACCHIC ODE, by BAYARD TAYLOR Poet's Biography First Line: Wine - bring wine! Last Line: Poured by the hebe, poesy. Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard Subject(s): Bacchus; Drinks & Drinking; Life; Mythology - Classical; Rhine (river), Europe; Wine | ||||||||
WINE, -- bring wine! Let the crystal beaker flame and shine, Brimming o'er with the draught divine! The crimson glow Of the lifted cup on my forehead throw, Like the sunset's flush on a field of snow. I love to lave My thirsty lip in the ruddy wave; Freedom bringeth the wine so brave! The world is cold: Sorrow and pain have gloomy hold, Chilling the bosom warm and bold. Doubts and fears Veil the shine of my morning years, -- My life's lone rainbow springs from tears. But Eden-gleams Visit my soul in immortal dreams, When the wave of the goblet burns and beams. Not from the Rhine, Not from fields of Burgundian vine, Bring me the bright Olympian wine! Not with a ray Born where the winds of Shiraz play, Or the fiery blood of the bright Tokay. Not where the glee Of Falernian vintage echoes free, Or the Chian gardens gem the sea. But wine, -- bring wine, Royally flushed with its growth divine, In the crystal depth of my soul to shine! Whose glow was caught From the warmth which Fancy's summer brought To the vintage-fields in the Land of Thought. Rich and free To my thirsting soul will the goblet be, Poured by the Hebe, Poesy. | Other Poems of Interest...THIRD AVENUE IN SUNLIGHT by ANTHONY HECHT A CUP OF TREMBLINGS by JOHN HOLLANDER VINTAGE ABSENCE by JOHN HOLLANDER SENT WITH A BOTTLE OF BURGUNDY FOR A BIRTHDAY by JOHN HOLLANDER TO A CIVIL SERVANT by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG WINE by FRIEDRICH MARTIN VON BODENSTEDT THE GOOD FELLOW by ALEXANDER BROME WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN BEDOUIN [LOVE] SONG by BAYARD TAYLOR NATIONAL ODE; INDEPENDENCE SQUARE, PHILADELPHIA by BAYARD TAYLOR |
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