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One day the Muses twined the hands
Of infant Love with flowery bands;
And to celestial Beauty gave
The captive infant for her slave.
His mother comes, with many a toy,
To ransom her beloved boy;[2]
His mother sues, but all in vain,--
He ne'er will leave his chains again.
Even should they take his chains away,
The little captive still would stay.
"If this," he cries, "a bondage be,
Oh, who could wish for liberty?"
Odes Of Anacreon - Ode Xx
Thomas Moore
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Poem topics: away, beauty, stay, celestial, slave, Valentine's Day, love, mother, I love you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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