A poem by Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
Come gentle Air! th’ AEolian shepherd said,
While Procris panted in the secret shade:
Come, gentle Air, the fairer Delia cries,
While at her feet her swain expiring lies.
Lo the glad gales o’er all her beauties stray,
Breathe on her lips, and in her bosom play!
In Delia’s hand this toy is fatal found,
Nor could that fabled dart more surely wound:
Both gifts destructive to the givers prove;
Alike both lovers fall by those they love.
Yet guiltless too this bright destroyer lives,
At random wounds, nor knows the wound she gives:
She views the story with attentive eyes,
And pities Procris, while her lover dies.
A few random poems:
- I Prefer the Gorgeous Freedom poem – Aleksandr Blok poems | Poetry Monster
- The Nap Taker by Shel Silverstein
- I have fallen into unconsciousness by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- It Is No Spirit Who From Heaven Hath Flown by William Wordsworth
- Memoriam A. H. H.: 72. Risest thou thus, dim dawn, again poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- Robert Burns: Remorseful Apology:
- Twenty-Four Hokku On A Modern Theme poem – Amy Lowell poems | Poems and Poetry
- Владимир Маяковский – Порядочный гражданин
- Interior Design Institutes in Dehradun
- I Saw His Round Mouth’s Crimson by Wilfred Owen
- Magnolia Shoals by Sylvia Plath
- John Sutter by Yvor Winters
- The Stwonen Bwoy Upon The Pillar by William Barnes
- Владимир Маяковский – Чтоб жизнь трудовую наладить заново
- Hyperion, A Vision: Attempted Reconstruction Of The Poem poem – John Keats poems
External links
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Poems in English
- Recollection
- Practising The Anthem
- Practising Anthem
- Peace
- On Australian Hills
- Mirage
- Memoriam
- Mates
- Lord Nevils Advice
- Lord Nevil039s Advice
- Looking In The Fire
- Looking Fire
- Learn
- Last Battle Cid
- Influence
- Individuality
- In Memoriam
- Honour
- Home Sick
- Holy Communion
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