by Coleridge · Cluster: Greek Mythology · Lust Sexual Desire · Desire
Abstract
A short Anacreontic lyric in which the speaker catches Love among roses, drinks him in his cup, and feels the captive god fluttering within his breast.
Connections
Motifs: Desire, Rose, Wine and Drink Themes & Concepts: Romantic Love Forms & Genres: Ode, Lyric Historical References: Classical Antiquity
Testo integrale / Full text
As late, in wreaths, gay flowers I bound,
Beneath some roses Love I found;
And by his little frolic pinion
As quick as thought I seiz’d the minion,
Then in my cup the prisoner threw, 5
And drank him in its sparkling dew:
And sure I feel my angry guest
Fluttering his wings within my breast!
1792.