{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/saph/sap/sap35.htm","path":"cla/saph/sap/sap35.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/saph/sap/sap35.htm","text":"Sappho and Phaon, by Mary Robinson, [1796]\nBlest as the Gods! Sicilian Maid is he,\n The youth whose soul thy yielding graces charm;\n Who bound, O! thraldom sweet! by beauty\u2019s arm,\n In idle dalliance fondly sports with thee!\n Blest as the Gods! that iv\u2019ry throne to see,\n Throbbing with transports, tender, timid, warm!\n While round thy fragrant lips zephyrs swarm!\n As op\u2019ning buds attract the wand\u2019ring Bee!\n Yet, short is youthful passion\u2019s fervid hour;\n Soon, shall another clasp the beauteous boy;\n Soon, shall a rival prove, in that gay bow\u2019r,\n The pleasing torture of excessive joy!\n The Bee flies sicken\u2019d from the sweetest flow\u2019r;\n The lightning\u2019s shaft, but dazzles to destroy!","title":"Sappho and Phaon: XXXII. Dreams of a Rival.","type":"page"}