THEN to keep covenant in Greece is well! Yet among men AEetes is not such As Minos, husband of Pasiphae, You tell of, nor do I myself avouch To be like Ariadne -- do not tell Of guest or host; do but remember me, Once in Iolcos you are safely home. And still, although my parents interfere, You I'll remember: but may rumours come Or tell-tale bird from Greece, when you forget me; Or let swift storm winds snatching me from here Over the sea down on Iolcos set me Myself, that with reproaches face to face I may remind you how you owed your flight To my good will. May I then take my place There as your guest, though you should not invite! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: GODWIN JAMES by EDGAR LEE MASTERS A CHANNEL PASSAGE by RUPERT BROOKE ECHOES: 7 by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY BALLAD OF HECTOR IN HADES by EDWIN MUIR THE FISHERMAN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |