O FOUNTAIN of Bandusia! Whence crystal waters flow. With garlands gay and wine I'll pay The sacrifice I owe; A sportive kid with budding horns I have, whose crimson blood Anon shall dye and sanctify Thy cool and babbling flood. O fountain of Bandusia! The Dog-star's hateful spell No evil brings into the springs That from thy bosom well; Here oxen, wearied by the plow, The roving cattle here Hasten in quest of certain rest, And quaff thy gracious cheer. O fountain of Bandusia! Ennobled shalt thou be, For I shall sing the joys that spring Beneath yon ilex-tree. Yes, fountain of Bandusia, Posterity shall know The cooling brooks that from thy nooks, Singing and dancing go. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOREINE: A HORSE by ARTHUR DAVISON FICKE ON CRITICS; IN IMITATION OF ANACREON by MATTHEW PRIOR MIRANDA'S SUPPER (VIRGINIA, 1866) by ELINOR WYLIE ON THE AMOROUS AND PATHETIC STORY OF ARCADIUS AND SEPHA by L. B. ANNA BULLEN, ACT 1: SHORT CURSE by JOHN BANKS (17TH CENTURY-) A RIDDLE by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |