Echoes From the Greek Mythology

By Henry Van Dyke

I - STARLIGHT

 With two bright eyes, my star, my love,

    Thou lookest on the stars above:

    Ah, would that I the heaven might be

    With a million eyes to look on thee.

Plato.

II - ROSELEAF

    A little while the rose,

    And after that the thorn;

    An hour of dewy morn,

    And then the glamour goes.

    Ah, love in beauty born,

    A little while the rose!

Unknown.

III  - PHOSPHOR — HESPER

        O morning star, farewell!

        My love I now must leave;

    The hours of day I slowly tell,

    And turn to her with the twilight bell, —

        O welcome, star of eve!

Meleager.

IV - SEASONS

    Sweet in summer, cups of snow,

    Cooling thirsty lips aglow;

    Sweet to sailors winter-bound,

    Spring arrives with garlands crowned;

    Sweeter yet the hour that covers

    With one cloak a pair of lovers,

    Living lost in golden weather,

    While they talk of love together.

Asclepiades.

V - THE VINE AND THE GOAT

    Although you eat me to the root,

    I yet shall bear enough of fruit

    For wine to sprinkle your dim eyes,

    When you are made a sacrifice.

Euenus.

VI - THE PROFESSOR

    Seven pupils, in the class

    Of Professor Callias,

    Listen silent while he drawls, —

    Three are benches, four are walls.

Unknown.