Stand close around, ye Stygian set,
With Dirce in one boat conveyed!
Or Charon, seeing, may forget
That he is old and she a shade.
With Dirce in one boat conveyed!
Or Charon, seeing, may forget
That he is old and she a shade.

1775 - 1864/EnglishWalter Savage Landor was an English writer and poet. His best known works were the prose Imaginary Conversations, and the poem Rose Aylmer, but the critical acclaim he received from contemporary poets and reviewers was not matched by public…
View profile & all 50 Poems / StoriesDeath stands above me, whispering lowI know not what into my ear:
Death stands above me, whispering lowI know not what into my ear:
I strove with none, for none was worth my strife.Nature I loved and, next to Nature, Art:
You smiled, you spoke, and I believed,By every word and smile deceived.
The chrysolites and rubies Bacchus bringsTo crown the feast where swells the broad-vein'd brow,