THEN to keep covenant in Greece is well! Yet among men AEetes is not such As Minos, husband of Pasiphae, You tell of, nor do I myself avouch To be like Ariadne -- do not tell Of guest or host; do but remember me, Once in Iolcos you are safely home. And still, although my parents interfere, You I'll remember: but may rumours come Or tell-tale bird from Greece, when you forget me; Or let swift storm winds snatching me from here Over the sea down on Iolcos set me Myself, that with reproaches face to face I may remind you how you owed your flight To my good will. May I then take my place There as your guest, though you should not invite! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BAD CHILD'S BOOK OF BEASTS: INTRODUCTION by HILAIRE BELLOC FRAGMENTARY BLUE by ROBERT FROST THE CENTER OF GRAVITY by DAVID IGNATOW PENDULUM by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS WAR by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON DOMESDAY BOOK: IRMA LEESE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |