I have no store Of gryphon-guarded gold; Now, as before, Bare is the shepherd's fold. Rubies, nor pearls, Have I to gem thy throat; Yet woodland girls Have loved the shepherd's note. Then, pluck a reed And bid me sing to thee, For I would feed Thine ears with melody, Who art more fair Than fairest fleur-de-lys, More sweet and rare Than sweetest ambergris. What dost thou fear? Young Hyacinth is slain, Pan is not here, And will not come again. No horned Faun Treads down the yellow leas, No God at dawn Steals through the olive trees. Hylas is dead, Nor will he e'er divine Those little red Rose-petalled lips of thine. On the high hill No ivory Dryads play, Silver and still Sinks the sad autumn day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE: 13 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE OLD MAN OF VERONA by CLAUDIAN A POET'S EPITAPH by EBENEZER ELLIOTT BROTHERS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE: THE POWER OF MUSIC by SAMUEL LISLE MY FAMILIAR by JOHN GODFREY SAXE GRAND IS THE SEEN by WALT WHITMAN ADDRESS TO A CHILD DURING A BOISTEROUS WINTER EVENING by DOROTHY WORDSWORTH |