Now the star of day is high,
Fly, my girls, in pity fly.
Bring me wine in brimming urns
Cool my lip, it burns, it burns!
Sunned by the meridian fire,
Panting, languid I expire,
Give me all those humid flowers,
Drop them o'er my brow in showers.
Scarce a breathing chaplet now
Lives upon my feverish brow;
Every dewy rose I wear
Sheds its tears, and withers there.[1]
But to you, my burning heart,
What can now relief impart?
Can brimming bowl, or floweret's dew,
Cool the flame that scorches you?
Odes Of Anacreon - Ode Xviii
Thomas Moore
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Poem topics: fire, heart, rose, star, bring, flame, relief, high, Valentine's Day, cool, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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