Jon Corelis Theocritus Sake Poems

  • 1.
    Not for us only, Nicias, (vain the dream,)
    Sprung from what god soe'er, was Eros born:
    Not to us only grace doth graceful seem,
    Frail things who wot not of the coming morn.
    ...
  • 2.
    COMETAS.
    Goats, from a shepherd who stands here, from Lacon, keep away:
    Sibyrtas owns him; and he stole my goatskin yesterday.

    ...
  • 3.
    BATTUS.
    Who owns these cattle, Corydon? Philondas? Prythee say.

    CORYDON.
    ...
  • 4.
    GORGO.
    Is dame Praxinoa in?

    PRAXINOA.
    ...
  • 5.
    THE MAIDEN.
    How fell sage Helen? through a swain like thee.

    DAPHNIS.
    ...
  • 6.
    Read these lines to Epicharmus. They are Dorian as was he
    The sire of Comedy.
    Of his proper self bereavèd, Bacchus, unto thee we rear
    His brazen image here;
    ...
  • 7.
    'Sincerity comes with the wine-cup,' my dear:
    Then now o'er our wine-cups let us be sincere.
    My soul's treasured secret to you I'll impart;
    It is this; that I never won fairly your heart.
    ...
Total 7 Sake Poems by Jon Corelis Theocritus

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