Adonis Sleeping
John Keats
1795 to 1821
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In midst of all, there lay a sleeping youth
fondest beauty. Sideway his face reposed
On one white arm, and tenderly unclosed,
By tenderest pressure, a faint damask
To slumbery pout; just as the morning south
Disparts dew-lipp'd rose. Above his head,
Four lily stalks did white honours wed
To make a coronal; and round grew
All tendrils green, of every bloom and hue,
intertwined and trammel'd fresh:
The vine of glossy sprout; ivy mesh,
Shading its Ethiop berries; and woodbine,
Of leaves, and bugle blooms divine.
Hard by,
Stood Cupids watching silently.
One, kneeling to a lyre, touch'd strings,
Muffling to death the pathos with his wings;
And, ever and anon, uprose to look
At the youth's slumber; while another took
A willow bough, distilling odorous dew,
shook it on his hair; another flew
In through woven roof, and fluttering-wise,
Rain'd violets upon his sleeping eyes.