I must have many a golden moon With mermaids and the sea, And many a summer afternoon With peacocks calling me, And mottled pythons, too, to sleep Along an onyx stair, And gaze at me with vision deep, Sluggish, unaware. And that I may pursue the guile Of the remote and strange, Perhaps I'll need a crocodile, A panther, for a change. Caesar and Mephistopheles Must sit with me at board, My clown against the Devil's knees Jesting with Caesar's sword. But bring, when you have done with these, Still further gifts to me - A girl to love, a group of trees, An infant on my knee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ETERNITY BLUES by HAYDEN CARRUTH TO FLUSH, MY DOG by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING MENAPHON: SAMELA by ROBERT GREENE ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT by JONATHAN SWIFT MOUNTAIN PICTURES: 2. MONADNOCK FROM WACHUSETT by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER TO MYRTILLA OF NEW YORK by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS TO THE HONOURABLE AND VIRTUOUS LADY, THE LADY TASBURGH by WILLIAM BASSE |