Thisbe Poems - Poems about Thisbe

A Pyramus and Thisbe Tale There once was a mulberry tree with berries white, Where two star-crossed lovers would meet covered by night. Each day through a hole in the wall, they'd share their plight. In spite of fam'lies' objections, they felt it right And held a love between them, stronger than their might. One night, they chose...

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Pyramus was the handsome young man Thisbe the fair maiden of Babylon. The houses of their parents did adjoin Neighborhood brought the two in relation. And the acquaintance ripened into love And the fire within them burnt with bright glow. Would have married, but their parents forbid Ardor in hearts of both they couldn’t forbid They did converse by signs, one can...

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Then Thisbe stole forth as agreed upon Unobserved her head covered with a veil Out of city’s bounds edifice well known Waited for Pyramus near a fountain trail. In the dim light she descried a lioness Nearing the fountain with blood reeking jaws With a recent slaughter to slake her thirst. She fled dropping her veil out of fright. After quenching thirst turned...

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Pyramus was the handsome young man Thisbe the fair maiden of Babylon Both the parents’ houses did adjoin Neighborhood brought the two in relation. And the acquaintance ripened into love And the fire within them burnt with bright glow Would have married, but their parents forbid Ardor in hearts of both they couldn’t forbid They did converse by signs one can think...

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Pyramus and Thisbe were lovers, but their parents forbade it. They had to converse by signs and glances. They discovered a crack in the wall between their two houses. It afforded a passage to the voice and they exchanged tender messages. * (tetrameter) I doubt this changed spot...

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