CHIRRUPING grasshopper, drunken with dewdrops, Lonely thou tunest a shrill meadow-lay, Perched upon petals, with legs that are saw-like, Swarthy one, as on a cithern to play. Friend, sing anew for delight of the tree-nymphs, Answer to Pan with a rivalling strain, That I, fleeing Love, may get sleep in the noon-tide Here, lying under the shade of the plane. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FIRST VOYAGE OF JOHN CABOT [1497] by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE SOWER AND HIS SEED by WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY A CANADIAN BOAT SONG; WRITTEN ON THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE by THOMAS MOORE THE BRONZE STATUE OF NAPOLEON by AUGUSTE BARBIER LILIES: 26. THE PSYCHE-SERVICE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |