English Poetry. Mary Robinson. Sonnet 19. Farewell, Ye Coral Caves. Мэри Робинсон.

Mary Robinson (Мэри Робинсон)

Sonnet 19. Farewell, Ye Coral Caves

Farewell, ye coral caves, ye pearly sands,
Ye waving woods that crown yon lofty steep;
Farewell, ye Nereides of the glitt’ring deep,
Ye mountain tribes, ye fawns, ye sylvan bands:
On the bleak rock your frantic minstrel stands,
Each task forgot, save that, to sigh and weep;
In vain the strings her burning fingers sweep,
No more her touch, the Grecian Lyre commands!
In Circe’s cave my faithless Phaon’s laid,
Her daemons dress his brow with opiate flow’rs;
Or, loit’ring in the brown pomgranate shade,
Beguile with am’rous strains the fateful hours;
While Sappho’s lips, to paly ashes fade,
And sorrow’s cank’ring worm her heart devours!

Mary Robinson’s other poems:

1. Sonnet to Amicus
2. To Cesario
3. Stanzas to Love
4. Sonnet 24. O Thou! Meek Orb
5. The Granny Grey, a Love Tale

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