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Charmides and Other Poems
Oscar Wilde
Book Overview:
This is a volume of poetry by Oscar Wilde, containing some of his rather famous longer poetry in the first part, and a section of sonnets in the second part of the book
This is a volume of poetry by Oscar Wilde, containing some of his rather famous longer poetry in the first part, and a section of sonnets in the second part of the book
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And guilty lovers in their venery
Forgat a little while their stolen sweets,
Deeming they heard dread Dian's bitter cry;
And the grim watchmen on their lofty seats
Ran to their shields in haste precipitate,
Or strained black-bearded throats across the dusky parapet.
For round the temple rolled the clang of arms,
And the twelve Gods leapt up in marble fear,
And the air quaked with dissonant alarums
Till huge Poseidon shook his mighty spear,
And on the frieze the prancing horses neighed,
And the low tread of hurrying feet rang from the cavalcade.
Ready for death with parted lips he stood,
And well content at such a price to see
That calm wide brow, that terrible maidenhood,
The marvel of that pitiless chastity,
Ah! well content indeed, for never wight
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Community Reviews
There are plenty instances of questionable behaviour in 'Charmides', so, naturally, I enjoyed it. The dryad lusting over a dead body is no worse than the characters of most popular contemporary writers, so that gets a pass.
The other poems brought this down a rating for me though.
Day 20 #thesealeychallenge
"A dreaded sunny day
So let's go where we're wanted
And I meet you at the cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
But you lose 'cause.. Wilde is on mine.."
So sang Morrissey on The Smiths' "Cemetry Gates", where, spending a summer day reciting poetry in a graveyard, his love of Wilde triumphs over
The version I have is actually within a Kindle version of Wilde's collected works. It was badly formatted for poetry.
Wilde obviously loves Greek mythology, Rome, Napoleon (at least Napoleon III), and despairs England run by demagogues.
While I more so enjoy full stories written by Wilde, this book of poems was a nice look at a different side of one of my favorite authors.
A short read, and good read for any Wilde fan.
A long and epic poem with a litany of Greek mythological references, but t just wasn't that great of a poem in my opinion.
Oscar wilde's writing,always fascinates and captured my attention.
Either prose or poetry, drama or tragedy.
One of lyrical story written my Wilde, Comprises ethical and innate air of rhyme expressing every gestures through each word.
Incredible poetic devices and deeply personification among extremiti
The the perfect thing but fine anyhow.