The Grasshopper

Happy insect, what can be

In happiness compared to thee?

Fed with nourishment divine,

The dewy morning’s gentle wine!

Nature waits upon thee still,

And thy verdant cup does fill;

‘Tis filled wherever thou dost tread,

Nature’s self’s thy Ganymede.

Thou dost drink, and dance, and sing,

Happier than the happiest king!

All the fields which thou dost see,

All the plants belong to thee;

All the summer hours produce,

Fertile made with early juice.

Man for thee does sow and plow,

Farmer he, and landlord thou!

Thou dost innocently enjoy;

Nor does thy luxury destroy.

The shepherd gladly heareth thee,

More harmonious than he.

Thee country hinds with gladness hear,

Prophet of the ripened year!

Thee Phoebus loves, and does inspire

Phoebus is himself thy sire.

To thee, of all things upon earth,

Life is no longer than thy mirth.

Happy insect! happy thou,

Dost neither age nor winter know;

But when thou’st drunk, and danced, and sung

Thy fill, the flowery leaves among,

(Voluptuous and wise withal,

Epicurean animal!)

Sated with thy summer feast,

Thou retir’st to endless rest.

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• River poem – Yuyutsu Sharma poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Rising Early poem – Yang Wan-Li poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Retake, Union Square poem – Yuyutsu Sharma poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Requiem For A Bartender’s Dream poem – Ysabelle Moriarty poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Repentance poem – Ygor Noblott poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Prisoners poem – Yusef Komunyakaa poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Potions poem – Yusef Komunyakaa poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Once Upon A Wandering Mind poem – Ysabelle Moriarty poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• On A May Glory-A Welcome Song poem – Nithin Purple poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Now, What is Poetry? poem – Yang Wan-Li poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Night poem – Yahya Kemal Beyatli poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• My Father’s Love Letters poem – Yusef Komunyakaa poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Mules poem – Yuyutsu Sharma poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Love’s Confession poem – Yuvraj Johri poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Life poem – Yahya Kemal Beyatli poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• La Vie Boheme poem – Ysabelle Moriarty poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Journal Entry poem – Ysabelle Moriarty poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• [ I think I’m there? ] poem – Ygor Noblott poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee poem – Zameer Careem poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File
• Heartbreak at 2 A.M. poem – Yuvraj Johri poems | Poetry Monster by Anglo File

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