The Hesperides
Hesperus and his daughters three
That sing about the golden tree.
Comus, Milton
The North-wind fall'n, in the new starréd night Zidonian Hanno, voyaging beyond The hoary promontory of Soloë Past Thymiaterion, in calméd bays, Between the Southern and the western Horn, Heard neither warbling of the nightingale, Nor melody of the Lybian lotus flute Blown seaward from the shore; but from a slope That ran bloom-bright into the Atlantic blue, Beneath a highland leaning down a weight Of cliffs, and zoned below with cedar shade, Came voices, like the voices in a dream, Continuous, till he reached the other sea.
Credit
This poem is in the public domain.
Date Published
01/01/1832