"season; the mid forest brake, Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms: And such too is the grandeur of the dooms We have imagined for the mighty dead; All lovely tales that we have heard or read: An endless fountain of immortal drink, Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink. </poem> Endymion (poem) Endymion is a poem by John Keats first published in 1818. It begins with the line ""A thing of beauty is a joy for ever"". ""Endymion"" is written in rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter (also known as heroic couplets). Keats based the poem on the Greek"
"""Endymion:"" ""A thing of beauty is a joy for ever."" Hendecasyllable In poetry, a hendecasyllable is a line of eleven syllables. The term ""hendecasyllabic"" is used to refer to two different poetic meters, the older of which is quantitative and used chiefly in classical (Ancient Greek and Latin) poetry and the newer of which is accentual and used in medieval and modern poetry. The classical hendecasyllable is a quantitative meter used in Ancient Greece in Aeolic verse and in scolia, and later by the Roman poets Catullus and Martial. Each line has eleven syllables; hence the name, which comes from"
"at her beauty, he attributed it to a dream and began to prefer his dreamlike state over mundane daily routines yet he was never awake when she was present. Through her love, Endymion was granted eternal youth and timeless beauty. Diana and Endymion Diana and Endymion is a painting by Francesco Solimena undertaken from 1705 until 1710. The painting depicts the Roman goddess Diana, one of the twelve Gods and Goddesses of Olympus, falling in love with Endymion. The story tells of Diana's love for the beautiful youth Endymion. The painting is hosted at the National Museums Liverpool, that purchased"
"a joy for ever"") is quoted by Mary Poppins in the 1964 Disney movie, while she pulls out a potted plant from her bag. It is also referenced by Willy Wonka in the film ""Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"" upon introducing the Wonkamobile, and in the 1992 American sports comedy film, ""White Men Can't Jump"", written and directed by Ron Shelton. <poem> A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and"
"as one by beauty slain."" Endymion falls in love with a beautiful Indian maiden. Both ride winged black steeds to Mount Olympus where Cynthia awaits, only for Endymion to forsake the goddess for his new, mortal, love. Endymion and the Indian girl return to earth, the latter saying she cannot be his love. He is miserable, 'til quite suddenly he comes upon the Indian maiden again and she reveals that she is in fact Cynthia. She then tells him of how she tried to forget him, to move on, but that in the end, ""'There is not one,/ No, no,"
"Endymion) are quoted by Stobaeus (""Flor."" li. 23). Sositheus Sositheus (Ancient Greek: Σωσίθεος, c. 280 BC), a Greek tragic poet from Alexandria Troas, was a member of the Alexandrian ""pleiad"". He must have resided at some time in Athens, since Diogenes Laërtius tells us that he attacked the Stoic Cleanthes on the stage, and was hissed off by the audience. As the ""Suda"" also calls him a Syracusan, it is conjectured that he belonged to the literary circle at the court of Hiero II. According to an epigram of Dioscorides in the ""Greek Anthology"" (""Anth. Pal."" vii.707) he restored the"
"her homeland. Cicero (""Oratore"", III, 50 and ""de Fato"", 2) described him as a brilliant epigrammist but sometimes too fond of imitation. He, along with Philo of Byzantium, Strabo, Herodotus and Diodoros of Sicily, is associated with the list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, which he described in a poem composed about 140 BC: Antipater of Sidon Antipater of Sidon (Greek: Ἀντίπατρος ὁ Σιδώνιος, ""Antipatros ho Sidonios"") was an ancient Greek poet in the second half of the 2nd century BC. His poems preserved in the ""Greek Anthology"" include evocations of art and literature and some epitaphs."
"Endymion myth to some length, but reiterate the above to varying degrees. The myth surrounding Endymion has been expanded and reworked during the modern period by figures like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and John Keats in his 1818 narrative poem ""Endymion"". No explicit narrative has survived. In ""Argonautica"" (iv.57ff) the ""daughter of Titan,"" the Moon, was witness to Medea's fearful night-time flight to Jason, and ""rejoiced with malicious pleasure as she reflected to herself: 'I'm not the only one then to skulk off to the Latmian cave, nor is it only I that burn with desire for fair Endymion'"" she muses."
"She Walks in Beauty ""She Walks in Beauty"" is a short lyrical poem in iambic tetrameter written in 1813 by Lord Byron, and is one of his most famous works. It is said to have been inspired by an event in Byron's life; while at a ball, Byron saw Mrs. Anne Beatrix Wilmot, the wife of his cousin, Robert Wilmot. He was struck by her unusual beauty, and the next morning the poem was written. It is thought that she was the first inspiration for his unfinished epic poem about Goethe, a personal hero of his. In this unpublished work,"
"as related to Peona, which provides the background for the rest of the poem. In ""Book II"", Endymion ventures into the underworld in search of his love. He encounters Adonis and Venus—a pairing of mortal and immortal—apparently foreshadowing a similar destiny for the mortal Endymion and his immortal paramour. ""Book III"" reveals Endymion's enduring love, and he begs the Moon not to torment him any longer as he journeys through a watery void on the sea floor. There he meets Glaucus, freeing the god from a thousand years of imprisonment by the witch Circe. ""Book IV"", ""And so he groan'd,"
"shepherds and flocks. As the youths sing and dance, the elder men sit and talk about what life would be like in the shades of Elysium. However, Endymion, the ""brain-sick shepherd-prince"" of Mt. Latmos, is in a trancelike state, and not participating in their discourse. His sister, Peona, takes him away and brings him to her resting place where he sleeps. After he wakes, he tells Peona of his encounter with Cynthia, and how much he loved her. The poem is divided into four books, each approximately 1000 lines long. ""Book I"" gives Endymion's account of his dreams and experiences,"
"of the """" episode ""Who Mourns for Adonais?"" (1967) is an allusion to the Shelley elegy, Stanza 47, line 415. A 2013 fan produced sequel, ""Pilgrim of Eternity"", continued the allusion, by using the title given to Byron in the poem. Adonaïs Adonaïs: An Elegy on the Death of John Keats, Author of Endymion, Hyperion, etc. , also spelled Adonaies, is a pastoral elegy written by Percy Bysshe Shelley for John Keats in 1821, and widely regarded as one of Shelley's best and most well-known works. The poem, which is in 495 lines in 55 Spenserian stanzas, was composed in"
"be given eternal youth; and so he was made to sleep a deathless sleep forever. Frank Sanborn placed the poem at the conclusion of the chapter of his book wherein Thoreau dies, suggesting the beautiful Henry Thoreau is immortal. From ""Endymion"" by Thomas Parker Sanborn: Also written when Thomas was seventeen, the poem ""Concord River"" was printed for the first time in ""The Springfield Republican"" three days after his death. In an article detailing the events of his funeral, Frank Sanborn stated Tom read the poem for Ralph Waldo Emerson. The following is an excerpt. Thomas Parker Sanborn Thomas Parker"
"Endymion (mythology) In Greek mythology, Endymion (; , ""gen"".: Ἐνδυμίωνος) was variously a handsome Aeolian shepherd, hunter, or king who was said to rule and live at Olympia in Elis. He was also venerated and said to reside on Mount Latmus in Caria, on the west coast of Asia Minor. There is confusion over Endymion's correct identity, as some sources suppose that he was, or was related to, the prince of Elis, and others suggest he was a shepherd from Caria. There is a later suggestion that he was an astronomer: Pliny the Elder mentions Endymion as the first human"
"events on inanimate objects, the bulk of the poem details Ariadne's agonized solace. Her impassioned vituperations and eventual discovery by the wine-god Bacchus are some of the included plot events. The meter of the poem is dactylic hexameter, the meter of epic poetry, such as Homer's ""Iliad"" and ""Odyssey"" and Virgil's ""Aeneid"". The work is often cited as Catullus' masterpiece, with Charlotte Higgins considering it one of the greatest literary works ever written. Catullus 64 Catullus 64 is an epyllion or ""little epic"" poem written by Latin poet Catullus. Catullus' longest poem, it retains his famed linguistic witticisms while employing"
"Adonaïs Adonaïs: An Elegy on the Death of John Keats, Author of Endymion, Hyperion, etc. , also spelled Adonaies, is a pastoral elegy written by Percy Bysshe Shelley for John Keats in 1821, and widely regarded as one of Shelley's best and most well-known works. The poem, which is in 495 lines in 55 Spenserian stanzas, was composed in the spring of 1821 immediately after 11 April, when Shelley heard of Keats' death (seven weeks earlier). It is a pastoral elegy, in the English tradition of John Milton's ""Lycidas"". Shelley had studied and translated classical elegies. The title of the"
"Aeneid The Aeneid (; ) is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It comprises 9,896 lines in dactylic hexameter. The first six of the poem's twelve books tell the story of Aeneas's wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the poem's second half tells of the Trojans' ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed. The hero Aeneas was already known to Greco-Roman"
"Diana and Endymion Diana and Endymion is a painting by Francesco Solimena undertaken from 1705 until 1710. The painting depicts the Roman goddess Diana, one of the twelve Gods and Goddesses of Olympus, falling in love with Endymion. The story tells of Diana's love for the beautiful youth Endymion. The painting is hosted at the National Museums Liverpool, that purchased the painting in 1966, and holds it as one of the museums highlights. The painter Francesco Solimena came from an artistic family, his father being the poet and painter Angelo Solimena. The young Francesco was very talented from an early"
"to which poem the quotes belong. Some scholars now believe that there was only one poem, and that the ""Purifications"" merely formed the beginning of ""On Nature"". We possess only about 100 lines that have been ascribed to his ""Purifications"". It seems to have given a mythical account of the world which may, nevertheless, have been part of Empedocles' philosophical system. The first lines of the poem are preserved by Diogenes Laërtius: <poem> Friends who inhabit the mighty town by tawny Acragas which crowns the citadel, caring for good deeds, greetings; I, an immortal God, no longer mortal, wander among"
"Endymion (play) Endymion, the Man in the Moon is an Elizabethan era comedy by John Lyly, written circa 1588. The action of the play centers around a young courtier, Endymion, who is sent into an endless slumber by Tellus, his former lover, because he has spurned her to worship the ageless Queen Cynthia. The prose is characterized by Euphuism, Lyly's highly ornate, formalized style, meant to convey the intelligence and wit of the speaker. ""Endymion"" has been called ""without doubt, the boldest in conception and the most beautiful in execution of all Lyly's plays."" Lyly makes allusions to ancient Greek"
"verbal and sound echoes. Inspired by Sappho, Balbilla also used traditional lyric themes: the love of songs and a liking for the Muses. The first and second epigrams tell the story of a mythical king of Ethiopia Memnon, killed by Achilles at Troy and whom the God Zeus made immortal. Balbilla is not addressing Memnon but is flattering Hadrian and Sabina. <poem> ""When the August Hadrian Heard Memnon"" Memnon the Egyptian I learnt, when warmed by the rays of the sun, speaks from Theban stone. When he saw Hadrian, the king of all, before rays of the sun, he greeted"
"Odyssey The Odyssey (; ""Odýsseia"", in Classical Attic) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the ""Iliad"", the other work ascribed to Homer. The ""Odyssey"" is fundamental to the modern Western canon; it is the second-oldest extant work of Western literature, while the ""Iliad"" is the oldest. Scholars believe the ""Odyssey"" was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia. The poem mainly focuses on the Greek hero Odysseus (known as Ulysses in Roman myths), king of Ithaca,"
"Tithonus (poem) ""Tithonus"" is a poem by the Victorian poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–92), originally written in 1833 as ""Tithon"" and completed in 1859. It first appeared in the February edition of the ""Cornhill Magazine"" in 1860. Faced with old age, Tithonus, weary of his immortality, yearns for death. The poem is a dramatic monologue with Tithonus addressing his consort Eos, the goddess of the dawn. In Greek mythology, Tithonus was a Trojan by birth, the son of King Laomedon of Troy by a water nymph named Strymo (""harsh""). Eos, the Greek goddess of the dawn, abducted Ganymede and Tithonus"
"finally, after having spent decades trapped in the land of the living. Tithonus (poem) ""Tithonus"" is a poem by the Victorian poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–92), originally written in 1833 as ""Tithon"" and completed in 1859. It first appeared in the February edition of the ""Cornhill Magazine"" in 1860. Faced with old age, Tithonus, weary of his immortality, yearns for death. The poem is a dramatic monologue with Tithonus addressing his consort Eos, the goddess of the dawn. In Greek mythology, Tithonus was a Trojan by birth, the son of King Laomedon of Troy by a water nymph named Strymo"
"sophist and dithyrambic poet Licymnius of Chios tells a different tale about the Endymion myth, in which Hypnos, in awe of his beauty, causes him to sleep with his eyes open, so he can fully admire his face. Hypnos appears in numerous works of art, most of which are vases. An example of one vase that Hypnos is featured on is called ""Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus,"" which is part of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston’s collection. In this vase, Hypnos is shown as a winged god dripping Lethean water upon the head of Ariadne as she sleeps. One"
"Iliad The Iliad (; """", in Classical Attic; sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium) is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles. Although the story covers only a few weeks in the final year of the war, the ""Iliad"" mentions or alludes to many of the Greek legends about"
"Sappho 16 Sappho 16 is a fragment of a poem by the archaic Greek lyric poet Sappho. It is from Book I of the Alexandrian edition of Sappho's poetry, and is known from a second-century papyrus discovered at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt at the beginning of the twentieth century. Sappho 16 is a love poem – the genre for which Sappho was best known – which praises the beauty of the narrator's beloved, Anactoria, and expresses the speaker's desire for her now that she is absent. It makes the case that the most beautiful thing in the world is whatever one"
"The epyllion was a popular style of composition which seems to have developed in the Hellenistic age; surviving examples can be found in Theocritus and Catullus. The poet begins his hundred line prologue by invoking the Muses and Sophia, despite the fact that he is an Epicurean, and describes his poem as a gift to Messalla like the robe given to Minerva in the Panathenaia. The poet differentiates the Scylla of his poem from the sea-monster Scylla and describes the monster's birth and metamorphosis. He starts by describing Minos' siege of Megara and the lock of purple hair on the"
"that the action of the play is also intended for her education and benefit. Although the main plotline is that of Endymion and Cynthia, there are multiple romantic subplots involving Eumenides and Semele, Corsites and Tellus, and a comic subplot with Sir Tophas, who falls in love with the enchantress Dipsas. Sir Tophas is the butt of the jokes and pranks of the crew of pages that constitute a standard feature of Lyly's drama. It is not known with certainty when Lyly wrote ""Endymion,"" but it was first performed by the Children of Paul's at Greenwich Palace in 1588, on"
"Edison (poem) Edison is an epic poem by Czech poet Vítězslav Nezval. It was written in 1927. Later it was included in the poetic book ""Básně noci"" (""Poems of the Night"") which was published in 1930. The main hero of the poem is American inventor Thomas Alva Edison, considered by the author to be a modern genius. Nezval's work is a praise of human activity, technology, and science, but also an expression of anxiety about civilisation. Nezval compares the inventor's work to writing poetry. He points out that every creative work demands much toil and courage. After Edison's death in"
"describes fair-haired Rhadamanthus dwelling there. In Homer’s ""Odyssey"", Elysium is described as a paradise: According to Eustathius of Thessalonica the word ""Elysium"" (Ἠλύσιον) derives from ἀλυουσας (ἀλύω, to be deeply stirred from joy) or from ἀλύτως, synonymous of ἀφθάρτως (ἄφθαρτος, incorruptible), referring to souls' life in this place. Another suggestion is from ελυθ-, ἔρχομαι (to come). The Greek oral poet Hesiod refers to the Isles of the Blessed in his didactic poem ""Works and Days"". In his book ""Greek Religion"", Walter Burkert notes the connection with the motif of far-off Dilmun: ""Thus Achilles is transported to the White Isle and"
"kagathon"" (""the beautiful and good""), which calls to mind Plotinus' attitude to the world of things and the more general Greek belief in the moral aspect of beauty. This canto introduces the figure of St. Anselm of Canterbury, who is to feature over the rest of this section of the long poem. Canto CII returns to the island of Calypso and Odysseus' voyage to Hades from Book Ten of the ""Odyssey"". There are a number of references to vegetation cults and sacrifices, and the canto closes by returning to the world of Byzantium and the decline of the Western Empire."
"line (""Like those Nicean barks of yore"") which resembles a line in Coleridge's ""Youth and Age"" (""Like those trim skiffs, unknown of yore""). Poe revised the poem in 1845, making several improvements, most notably changing ""the beauty of fair Greece, and the grandeur of old Rome"" to ""the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome."" Poe biographer Jeffrey Meyers referred to these as ""two of Poe's finest and most famous lines"". In referring to Helen, Poe is alluding to Helen of Troy who is considered to be the most beautiful woman who ever lived — according to"