O SINGER of Persephone! In the dim meadows desolate Dost thou remember Sicily? Still through the ivy flits the bee Where Amaryllis lies in state; O Singer of Persephone! Simaetha calls on Hecate And hears the wild dogs at the gate; Dost thou remember Sicily? Still by the light and laughing sea Poor Polypheme bemoans his fate: O Singer of Persephone! And still in boyish rivalry Young Daphnis challenges his mate: Dost thou remember Sicily? Slim Lacon keeps a goat for thee, For thee the jocund shepherds wait, O Singer of Persephone! Dost thou remember Sicily? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GREEK SONG: 1. THE STORM OF DELPHI by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS INTROSPECTIVE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG NYMPH GOING TO BED by JONATHAN SWIFT THE DAY-DREAM: THE SLEEPING PALACE by ALFRED TENNYSON DRINKING SONG (2) by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE CANADA by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THREE SONGS OF LOVE (CHINESE FASHION): 2. RIVER SONG by WILLIAM A. BEATTY |