THOU, whose sole name all passions doth comprise, Youngest and oldest of the Deities; Born without parents, whose unbounded reign Moves the firm earth, fixeth the floating main, Inverts the course of heaven; and from the deep Awakes those souls that in dark Lethe sleep, By thy mysterious chains seeking t' unite, Once more, the long-since torn Hermaphrodite. He, who thy willing pris'ner long was vow'd, And uncompell'd beneath thy sceptre bow'd, Returns at last in thy soft fetters bound, With victory, though not with freedom crown'd: And, of his dangers pass'd a grateful sign, Suspends this tablet at thy numerous shrine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GALAHAD IN THE CASTLE OF THE MAIDENS by SARA TEASDALE THE SABBATH OF THE SOUL by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD WOMEN AND ROSES by ROBERT BROWNING IN A CATHEDRAL CITY by THOMAS HARDY SONNET: DANTE (2) by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW MODERN LOVE: 1 by GEORGE MEREDITH A CAMEO by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE THE WASPS: THE TRIAL OF THE DOG by ARISTOPHANES NELL COOK; A LEGEND OF THE 'DARK ENTRY': THE KING'S SCHOLAR'S STORY by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM |