Theocritus: A Villanelle

Oscar Wilde(1854–1900)

1881

O singer of Persephone!In the dim meadows desolateDost thou remember Sicily?

Still through the ivy flits the beeWhere Amaryllis lies in state;O Singer of Persephone!

Simætha calls on HecateAnd hears the wild dogs at the gate;Dost thou remember Sicily?

Still by the light and laughing seaPoor Polypheme bemoans his fate;O Singer of Persephone!

And still in boyish rivalryYoung Daphnis challenges his mate;Dost thou remember Sicily?

Slim Lacon keeps a goat for thee,For thee the jocund shepherds wait;O Singer of Persephone!Dost thou remember Sicily?

De The Poems of Oscar Wilde, a partir de la transcripción de Wikisource en inglés.

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