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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GRECIAN MAIDENS REMEMBER SAPPHO, by THOMAS MOORE Poet's Biography First Line: When evening came, around the well Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas | |||
WHEN evening came, around the well They sate, beneath the rising moon, And some, with voice of awe could tell Of midnight's fays and nymphs who dwell In holy fountains; some would tune Their lutes to sounds of softest close, To tell of Sappho's love and woes. Among these maidens there was one Who to Leucadia late had been , Had stood beneath the evening sun On its white, towering cliffs, and seen The very spot where Sappho sung Her swan - like music, ere she sprung (Still holding in that fearful leap By her loved lyre) into the deep; And dying quenched the fatal fire, At once , of both her heart and lyre. Mutely they listened all; and well Did the young travelled maiden tell Of the dread height to which that steep Beetles above the eddying deep; Of the lone sea birds, wheeling round The dizzy edge with mournful sound; And of the scented lilies, (some Of whose white flowers, the damsel said Herself had gathered, and brought home In memory of the minstrel maid ,) Still blooming on that fearful place. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A TEMPLE TO FRIENDSHIP by THOMAS MOORE AFTER THE BATTLE (OF AUGHRIM) by THOMAS MOORE BLACK AND BLUE EYES by THOMAS MOORE ECHO [OR, ECHOES] by THOMAS MOORE LALLA ROOKH: PARADISE AND THE PERI by THOMAS MOORE LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM by THOMAS MOORE O, BREATHE NOT HIS NAME! by THOMAS MOORE OH! BLAME NOT THE BARD by THOMAS MOORE PRO PATRIA MORI by THOMAS MOORE |
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