Horace to Pyrrha

Eugene Field 1850 (St. Louis) – 1895 (Chicago)



What perfumed, posie-dizened sirrah,
 With smiles for diet,
Clasps you, O fair but faithless Pyrrha,
 On the quiet?
For whom do you bind up your tresses,
 As spun-gold yellow,--
Meshes that go, with your caresses,
 To snare a fellow?

How will he rail at fate capricious,
 And curse you duly!
Yet now he deems your wiles delicious,
 You perfect, truly!
Pyrrha, your love's a treacherous ocean;
 He'll soon fall in there!
Then shall I gloat on his commotion,
 For I have been there!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Scheme ABXBCDCD EFEFGAGA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 473
Words 86
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8

Eugene Field

Eugene Field, Sr. was an American writer, best known for his children's poetry and humorous essays. more…

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