In the still jungle of the senses lay A tiger soundly sleeping, till one day A bold young hunter chanced to come that way. "How calm," he said, "that splendid creature lies, I long to rouse him into swift surprise!" The well aimed arrow-shot from amorous eyes, And lo! the tiger rouses up and turns, A coal of fire his glowing eyeball burns, His mighty frame with savage hunger yearns. He crouches for a spring; his eyes dilate -- Alas! bold hunter, what shall be thy fate? Thou canst not fly, it is too late, too late. Once having tasted human flesh, ah! then, Woe, woe unto the whole rash world of men, The wakened tiger will not sleep again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OH! WEEP FOR THOSE by GEORGE GORDON BYRON A VALEDICTION: OF WEEPING by JOHN DONNE LAMENT by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY GARDEN DAYS: 3. THE FLOWERS by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON THE BATTLE MUSIC by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE CAELIA: SONNETS: 12 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) ODE - 'ON A DISTANT PROSPECT' OF MAKING A FORTUNE by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY TO AELIA; ODE by CHARLES COTTON TO CUPID, A FOOLISH POET, OCCASION'D BY AS FOOLISH A POEM OF HIS ... by CHARLES COTTON |