Philander's Song
Original Text:
Selected Poems of Sir Charles G. D. Roberts (Toronto: Ryerson, 1936): 156. PS 8485 O22A17 Robarts Library.
2 Moved by the gay, delicious measure
3I mused that lips were made for love,
4 And love to charm a poet's leisure.
5And as I mused a maid came by
6 With something in her look that caught me.
7Forgotten was Anacreon's line,
8 But not the lesson he had taught me.
Notes
1] Anacreon: Greek poet (572?-488?). Back to Line
Publication Start Year:
1927
Publication Notes:
The Vagrant of Time (1927).
RPO poem Editors:
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition:
RPO 1998.
Rhyme: