Sodoma The Grand Duke's Palace at Weimar 'TIS Leda lovely, wild and free, Drawing her gracious Swan down through the grass to see Certain round eggs without a speck : One hand plunged in the reeds and one dinting the downy neck, Although his hectoring bill Gapes toward her tresses, She draws the fondled creature to her will. She joys to bend in the live light Her glistening body toward her love, how much more bright ! Though on her breast the sunshine lies And spreads its affluence on the wide curves of her waist and thighs, To her meek, smitten gaze Where her hand presses The Swan's white neck sink Heaven's concentred rays. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HELMSMAN by HILDA DOOLITTLE FANCY, FR. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE TO ATHENA by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE TWILIGHT SYMPHONY by LESLIE ANDERSON THE ROMANCE OF THE LILY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES WHEN I WAS A REFUGEE by BEATRICE JEAN K. BOROFF LES BARICADES MISTERIEUSES (AFTER FRANCOIS COUPERIN) by GORDON BOTTOMLEY |