I must have many a golden moon With mermaids and the sea, And many a summer afternoon With peacocks calling me, And mottled pythons, too, to sleep Along an onyx stair, And gaze at me with vision deep, Sluggish, unaware. And that I may pursue the guile Of the remote and strange, Perhaps I'll need a crocodile, A panther, for a change. Caesar and Mephistopheles Must sit with me at board, My clown against the Devil's knees Jesting with Caesar's sword. But bring, when you have done with these, Still further gifts to me - A girl to love, a group of trees, An infant on my knee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OF MONEY by BARNABY (BARNABE) GOOGE MARY MAGDALENE by GEORGE HERBERT THE BROWN THRUSH by LUCY LARCOM HARMOSAN by RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH THANKS BE TO GOD by JANIE ALFORD DUSK; TO MADEMOISELLE MARIE LAURENCIN by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE |