- Young Lady Mary Poem by Georgios Venetopoulos

Young lady Mary walks on the meadowland
composing a romantic pentameter twixt
the sovereign trees, meantime the zephyr sound
and her Iambic knitting intermix.
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So amorous, she paces on the ground,
where gracefully the butterflies romance,
divine her inspiration, in command,
requires in verse nature's élégance.
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Her carefree Alexia-dog is jumping around the trees
so blithely at the insects' laughs and woofs,
the bees encounter blooms inside the breeze
and harvest nectar nighly and aloof.
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Whate'er the maiden's inspiration forms
disperses around the flowers and the trees,
the dreamy pentameter, hence, transforms
to abstract lines, the buzzing bees appease.
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'Woof hither not, ungrateful doggy mine,
my lines' last syllables repose unstressed;
while thou art dancing around the blooms and pines,
I'll miss the deadline for the great contést.
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Apollo, bless my metered création
and countenance me as thy designee
while I pronounce my heart's déposition
to be perpetually thy devotee