The Sleep of Endymion
Endymion, a simple title I must impose upon
He, son of Zeus, fell in love with Diana
Goddess of the Moon, about him, nightly she swooned
and bathed him in her light,
She went to Zeus, asking for his immortality- her plight
And thus Zeus granted her wish- for Diana to
adore Endymion every eve, he was in eternal sleep.
His beauty, this simple shepherd, mythic
Diana's love- nightly shone from Olympus.
The Sleep of Endymion immortalized by a painter
Sits in the Louvre, for all to view
Anne Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson
Executed perfection in 1791-
The Maiden Moon and her lover
Forever as one.
For the "Picture This" contest by Brian Strand.
http://artfiles.art.com/5/p/LRG/15/1507/D93BD00Z/francoise-reine-dagois-the-sleep-of-endymion-1825.jpg
Copyright © Amy Green | Year Posted 2010
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