Living

The Crysolites and Rubies Bacchus Brings

by Walter Savage Landor 1775–1864

From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)

Living

The crysolites and rubies Bacchus brings
To crown the feast where swells the broad-vein'd brow,
Where maidens blush at what the minstrel sings,
They who have coveted may covet now.
Bring me, in cool alcove, the grape uncrusht,
The peach of pulpy cheek and down mature,
Where every voice (but bird's or child's) is husht,
And every thought, like the brook nigh, runs pure.

MLA

Landor, Walter Savage. “The Crysolites and Rubies Bacchus Brings.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/583/.

Chicago

Landor, Walter Savage. “The Crysolites and Rubies Bacchus Brings.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/583/.

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