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Poem
November 6, 1889
The Vermont Watchman
Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont
What is this article about?
Opening lines of John Milton's 'Lycidas,' a pastoral elegy mourning the premature death of the young poet Lycidas, invoking laurels, myrtles, and ivy to disturb their season in grief.
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Opening Lines of "Lycidas."
Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more
Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere,
I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude,
And, with forced fingers rude,
Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.
Bitter constraint and sad occasion dear
Compels me to disturb your season due;
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
Who would not sing for Lycidas? he knew
Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.
He must not float upon his watery bier
Unwept, and welter to the parching wind,
Without the meed of some melodious tear.
—John Milton.
Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more
Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere,
I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude,
And, with forced fingers rude,
Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.
Bitter constraint and sad occasion dear
Compels me to disturb your season due;
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
Who would not sing for Lycidas? he knew
Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.
He must not float upon his watery bier
Unwept, and welter to the parching wind,
Without the meed of some melodious tear.
—John Milton.
What sub-type of article is it?
Elegy
Pastoral
What themes does it cover?
Death Mourning
What keywords are associated?
Lycidas
Milton
Elegy
Mourning
Pastoral
Death
Poet
What entities or persons were involved?
John Milton
Poem Details
Title
Lycidas
Author
John Milton
Subject
Mourning The Death Of Lycidas
Key Lines
Yet Once More, O Ye Laurels, And Once More
For Lycidas Is Dead, Dead Ere His Prime,
Who Would Not Sing For Lycidas? He Knew
He Must Not Float Upon His Watery Bier