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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FINE FIGURE OF A NYMPH, THE LOVES OF THE PLANTS, by ERASMUS DARWIN First Line: Gigantic nymph! The fair kleinhovia reigns Last Line: And bears her trembling lover in her arms. Subject(s): Giants; Hercules; Love; Mythology - Classical; Nymphs | |||
GIGANTIC Nymph! the fair KLEINHOVIA reigns, The grace and terror of Orixia's plains. O'er her warm cheek the blush of beauty swims, And nerves Herculean bend her sinewy limbs; With frolic eye she views the affrighted throng, And shakes the meadows as she towers along; With playful violence displays her charms, And bears her trembling lover in her arms. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE WATER NYMPHS DRINKING AT THE FOUNTAIN by ROBERT HERRICK THE NYMPH COMPLAINING FOR THE DEATH OF HER FAUN [OR, FAWN] by ANDREW MARVELL OVERHEARD ON A SALTMARSH by HAROLD MONRO HYMN TO CONTENT by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SIR RUPERT THE FEARLESS; A LEGEND OF GERMANY by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM WOOD WITCHERY by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON THE NYMPH ASLEEP by ANDRE MARIE CHENIER VISIT OF HOPE TO SYDNEY COVE, NEAR BOTANY BAY by ERASMUS DARWIN FROM THE WOOLWORTH TOWER by SARA TEASDALE EPIGRAM ON MY WEDDING DAY: TO PENELOPE by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |
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