 | Poems |  |
26
FROM ANACREON.
Bulls with horns kind Nature arms,Guards with hoof the horse from harms;
Hares with swiftness she endued,
With strength of teeth the lion brood;
Fish she taught to swim and play,
Birds to fly, and carol gay,
Man to reason: but has Heaven
Nought to gentle Woman given?
Woman moves in beauty's charms
Stronger than the force of arms;
Charms like helmet that secure,
And, like javelin, swift and sure:
Helmet, lance of fire, and shield,
All to beauteous Woman yield.
| Poems | |