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Philander's Song

Roberts, Charles G. D. (1860 - 1943)

Original Text: 
Selected Poems of Sir Charles G. D. Roberts (Toronto: Ryerson, 1936): 156. PS 8485 O22A17 Robarts Library.
(from "The Sprightly Pilgrim")
1I sat and read Anacreon.
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: 
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