Endymion Poems - Poems about Endymion

He slumbers, resting on grass soft as down, in eternal sleep’s soft bondage. As Sun pulls up his weary horses, gold-flecked manes toss shimmering dew drops to cling to rose flesh a coat of silver as the day rests. Underneath Night’s shroud, he now lies, a vision unseen but for one who sits on moon’s cradle, to sigh and warm in Night’s chill splendour. She...

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Inside a grotto scooped out by a wealthy earl for his seated pleasure, There sat a bard amidst the edelweiss strung 'round the hole of leisure. Fallen droplets of acidic water pitter-pattered in echoes across the cave, Slowly weathering away its leaky limestone layers as would a mason's lathe. The bard, whose unimportant name shall be dismissed,...

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~Endymion~ (Decima) Endymion some poets say Was a King some say a hunter But most believe a shepherd fair And a youth of great beauty too Then she the moon Selene saw him Loved him and coming down kissed him Slept beside him, slept at her whim He never woke, lies always so By mountainside as it death do She lulls to sleep as she kiss...

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(Decima) Endymion some poets say Was a king some say a hunter But most believe a shepherd fair And a youth of great beauty too Then She the moon Selene saw him Loved him and coming down kissed him Slept beside him,slept at her whim He never woke,lies always so By mountainside as it death...

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On summer hills I watched you I know you watched me too Every night you waited for me Every night I came to you From shallow oceans I have risen On silver chariots traveled high Crossed everlasting spaces which filled your empty sky Soothing manna showered your lips from the radiance of my light Crazy love I poured in your heart on each lone and...

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Mythology Revealed: Endymion was a mortal man, perhaps a shepherd, who had a countenance of sheer beauty. He was fond of the mystic moon and her aura of light. This was a love affair between a mortal and a goddess. In turn, the moon goddess Selene fell in love with this mortal, and asked the all-father god Zeus...

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The Sleep of Endymion Endymion, a simple title I must impose upon He, son of Zeus, fell in love with Huntress Diana Goddess of the Moon, nightly she swooned about him 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,...

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I knew Endymion A warrior A hunter The face of Kane. His eyes were like diamonds Glistening Upon his battlefield Proud and raged. He was blessed by Fortune Grand Rewarded A leader of men. I knew Endymion Way back then. A man of steel Courageous Undefeated A hero in many eyes. He was a mentor A visionary...

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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,...

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