Persephone, Persephone Receive her for she is thy child. Votive wreaths to thee we bear -- Crowns of daisies for thy hair. Only look at her with mild and tender eyes, Persephone. Not to heaven's golden strand Do we commend her, but to thee. Be thou kind, Persephone, Take her gently by the hand; Let her kneel on Lethe's shore And drink until she thirst no more. Then in that Elysian grove Let her dance, and let her sing (She who died when she was young Before her songs of earth were sung) -- She is through remembering. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A NORTHERN SUBURB by JOHN DAVIDSON FREDERICK DOUGLASS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE TRAGEDY OF VALENTINIAN: THE POWER OF LOVE by JOHN FLETCHER OF MONEY by BARNABY (BARNABE) GOOGE THE THREE WARNINGS by HESTER LYNCH (SALUSBURY) PIOZZI ELEGIAC STANZAS SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF PEELE CASTLE, IN A STORM by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH SONNET: GHOSTS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): THE MOVING ROCKS by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS |