Poems about alcides (21 Poems)
On Beauty. A Riddle (Matthew Prior Poems)
Resolve Me, Cloe, what is This:Or forfeit me One precious Kiss.‘Tis the first Off-spring of the Graces;Bears diff’rent Forms in diff’rent Places;Acknowledg’d fine, where-e’er beheld;Yet fancy’d finer, when conceal’d.‘Twas Flora’s Wealth, and Circe’s Charm;Pandora’s Box of Good and Harm:‘Twas Mars’s … Continue reading
Louisa To Strephon (Jonathan Swift Poems)
Ah! Strephon, how can you despiseHer, who without thy pity dies!To Strephon I have still been true,And of as noble blood as you;Fair issue of the genial bed,A virgin in thy bosom bred:Embraced thee closer than a wife;When thee I … Continue reading
Atlas; Or The Minister Of State (Jonathan Swift Poems)
TO THE LORD TREASURER OXFORD 1710Atlas, we read in ancient song,Was so exceeding tall and strong,He bore the skies upon his back,Just as the peddler does his pack;But, as the peddler overpress’dUnloads upon a stall to rest,Or, when he can … Continue reading
The Honest Shepherd (Matthew Prior Poems)
When hungry wolves had trespass’d on the fold,And the robb’d shepherd his sad story told,“Call in Alcides,” said a crafty priest,“Give him one half and he’ll secure the rest.”No, said the shepherd, if the Fates decree,By ravaging my flock to … Continue reading
Epigram 23 (Henry Parrot Poems)
Non omnia possumus omnes Who saies Alcides hath more beard then wit? Whose place and countenance controlleth it Pish ’twas not meant he should more vnderstand, Then might concerne him to subscribe his hand. (Henry Parrot)
The Temple of Fame (Alexander Pope Poems)
In that soft season, when descending show’rsCall forth the greens, and wake the rising flow’rs;When op’ning buds salute the welcome day,And earth relenting feels the genial day,As balmy sleep had charm’d my cares to rest,And love itself was banish’d from … Continue reading
Hero And Leander: The Second Sestiad (Christopher Marlowe Poems)
By this, sad Hero, with love unacquainted,Viewing Leander’s face, fell down and fainted.He kissed her and breathed life into her lips,Wherewith as one displeased away she trips.Yet, as she went, full often looked behind,And many poor excuses did she findTo … Continue reading
Appendix: Containing The Author’s Conversation With His Bookseller, &c. (Christopher Anstey Poems)
SCENE–London, a Bookseller’s Shop. Enter Author, smiling and rubbing his Hands. AUTHOR. Well, Slider!–and how d’ye go on with my book? I knew it would answer the trouble I took. I hope that you like my collection of rhymes;– Don’t … Continue reading
Joseph (Daniel Baker Poems)
I. Not the Pellaean Conquerour, To whose insatiate restless Mind The spacious Globe too narrow did appear; It made him sweat to be so close confin’d; Nor mighty Cesar will I sing, Who did so many warlike Nations bring Under … Continue reading
The Ideal And The Actual Life (Friedrich von Schiller Poems)
Forever fair, forever calm and bright,Life flies on plumage, zephyr-light, For those who on the Olympian hill rejoice—Moons wane, and races wither to the tomb,And ‘mid the universal ruin, bloom The rosy days of Gods—With man, the choice,Timid and anxious, … Continue reading