Persicos odi, puer, apparatus. BOY, I hate their empty shows, Persian garlands I detest, Bring not me the late-blown rose, Lingering after all the rest. Plainer myrtle pleases me, Thus outstretched beneath my vine, Myrtle more becoming thee, Waiting with thy master's wine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: COLUMBUS CHENEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS JOHANNA PEDERSEN by KAREN SWENSON REFUGE by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. LOST BUT FOUND by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR WAR NOTES: 4. DECORATION DAY by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND MIGHTY FREDERICK THE FIFTH, OF THE RHINE by THOMAS CAMPION |