Anacreon Poems : The Phrygian Rock, that Braves the Storm
The Phrygian rock, that braves the storm,
Was once a weeping matron's form;
And Progne, hapless, frantic maid,
Is now a swallow in the shade.
Oh! that a mirror's form were mine,
To sparkle with that smile divine;
And like my heart I then should be,
Reflecting thee, and only thee!
Or were I, love, the robe which flows
O'er every charm that secret glows,
In many a lucid fold to swim,
And cling and grow to every limb!
Oh! could I, as the streamlet's wave,
Thy warmly-mellowing beauties lave,
Or float as perfume on thine hair,
And breathe my soul in fragrance there!
I wish I were the zone, that lies
Warm to thy breast, and feels its sighs!
Or like those envious pearl's that show
So faintly round that neck of snow,
Yes, I would be a happy gem,
Like them to hang, to fade like them.
What more would thy Anacreon be?
Oh! any thing that touches thee.
Nay, sandals for those airy feet--
Thus to be press'd by thee were sweet!
Was once a weeping matron's form;
And Progne, hapless, frantic maid,
Is now a swallow in the shade.
Oh! that a mirror's form were mine,
To sparkle with that smile divine;
And like my heart I then should be,
Reflecting thee, and only thee!
Or were I, love, the robe which flows
O'er every charm that secret glows,
In many a lucid fold to swim,
And cling and grow to every limb!
Oh! could I, as the streamlet's wave,
Thy warmly-mellowing beauties lave,
Or float as perfume on thine hair,
And breathe my soul in fragrance there!
I wish I were the zone, that lies
Warm to thy breast, and feels its sighs!
Or like those envious pearl's that show
So faintly round that neck of snow,
Yes, I would be a happy gem,
Like them to hang, to fade like them.
What more would thy Anacreon be?
Oh! any thing that touches thee.
Nay, sandals for those airy feet--
Thus to be press'd by thee were sweet!
Submited by
Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 19:25
Poesia Consagrada :
- Login to post comments
- 1552 reads
other contents of Anacreon
Topic | Title | Replies | Views | Last Post | Language | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poesia Consagrada/Biography | Anacreon Biography | 0 | 1.730 | 04/17/2011 - 20:04 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : Youthful Eld | 0 | 1.418 | 04/17/2011 - 20:01 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : Youth and Age | 0 | 1.365 | 04/17/2011 - 20:01 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : The Women Tell Me Every Day | 0 | 2.038 | 04/17/2011 - 20:00 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : Wine the Healer | 0 | 1.688 | 04/17/2011 - 19:59 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : Wine and Song | 0 | 1.085 | 04/17/2011 - 19:59 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : Vulcan! Hear Your Glorious Task | 0 | 1.412 | 04/17/2011 - 19:58 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : The Vintage | 0 | 1.522 | 04/17/2011 - 19:57 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : The Vain Advice | 0 | 1.348 | 04/17/2011 - 19:56 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : Upon Cupid | 0 | 1.296 | 04/17/2011 - 19:56 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : Thou, Whose Soft and Rosy Hues | 0 | 1.004 | 04/17/2011 - 19:55 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : They Tell How Atys, Wild With Love | 0 | 1.182 | 04/17/2011 - 19:54 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : Tell Me, Why, My Sweetest Dove | 0 | 1.138 | 04/17/2011 - 19:53 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : Tell Me How to Punish Thee | 0 | 1.498 | 04/17/2011 - 19:52 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : Tell Me, Gentle Youth, I Pray Thee | 0 | 1.412 | 04/17/2011 - 19:51 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : The Swallow | 0 | 1.390 | 04/17/2011 - 19:51 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : Spring | 0 | 1.571 | 04/17/2011 - 19:50 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : Runaway Gold | 0 | 1.303 | 04/17/2011 - 19:49 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : The Rose | 0 | 1.261 | 04/17/2011 - 19:27 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : Praise of Bacchus | 0 | 1.086 | 04/17/2011 - 19:26 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : The Phrygian Rock, that Braves the Storm | 0 | 1.552 | 04/17/2011 - 19:25 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : On Himself | 0 | 1.295 | 04/17/2011 - 19:24 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : One Day, the Muses Twin'd the Hands | 0 | 1.258 | 04/17/2011 - 19:24 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : On a Basin Wherein Venus was Engraved | 0 | 1.267 | 04/17/2011 - 19:23 | English | |
Poesia Consagrada/General | Anacreon Poems : The Old Lover | 0 | 1.431 | 04/17/2011 - 19:22 | English |
Add comment