I SAW a little stream to-day That sprang right away From the cornice of rock -- Sprang like a deer, not slid; And the Tritons to mock -- Old dissolute Tritons -- "Hurroo!" They said, "We'll teach him a thing or two, This upland babe." And I've no doubt they did. But, as he lightly fell, midway His robe of bright spray He flung in my face, Then down to the soles and the cods With his sweet young grace. Ah, what will the stripling learn, From those rude mates -- that mountain burn, What manners of th' extremely early gods? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SCRIBE by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE DIVINA COMMEDIA (INTRODUCTORY POEMS): 1 by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW TO HELEN (1) by EDGAR ALLAN POE THE SISTERS by JOHN BANISTER TABB CASEY AT THE BAT (2) by ERNEST LAWRENCE THAYER A SONNET. PLATONIC LOVE by PHILIP AYRES |