A Selection From the Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning: First Series
A Selection From the Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning: First Series
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Pan might dip his head ^o deep in, That his ears alone pricked out, Fauns around bim pressing, leaping, Each one pointing to his throat : While the Naiads," like Bacchantes, Wild, with urns thrown out to waste, Cry, "O earth, that thou wouldst grant us Springs to keep, of such a taste ! ** But for me, I am not worthy After gods and Greeks to drink, And my lips are pale and earthy To go bathing from this brink : Since you heard them speak the last time, They have faded from their blooms, And the... laughter of my pastime Has learnt silence at the tombs. Ah, my friend ! the antique drinkers Crowned the cup and crowned the brow. Can I answer the old thinkers In the forms they thought of, now? Who will fetch from garden-closes Some new garlands while I speak, That the forehead, crowned with roses, May strike scarlet down the cheek ? Do not mock me ! with my mortal, Suits no wreath again, indeed ; Digitized by LjOOQ IC WWE OF CVFA'US. 159 I am sad -voiced as the turtle Which Anacreon used to feed : Yet as that same bird demurely Wet her beak in cup of his, So, without a.
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