Endymion (Bluebell)
Of all the flowers growing wild
Steadfast and constant year by year
Loved through time by many a child
Each May the faithful bells appear
Tenacious on shaded woodland floor
The bells lift up their heads on cue
As if to hail the spring once more
A carpet breaks of richest blue
A sweetness tarries in the air
Resplendent sight for weary eye
Don't pluck them cosy from their beds
Once picked the blooms will wilt and die
Endymion, so loved by Keats,
Much adored and admired that he
Named the hero of his romance
From visions of a bluebell sea
Answer :
Yes! "And so I groan as one by beauty slain..." You have laid bare the wonderful connection between the star-crossed romance of Endymion, the shepherd youth of fable, and Selene (Cynthia), making of the bluebell sea an arm of the larger mythological cycle that Keats wrote so beautifully about in his epic poem of heroic couplets. You are fascinated by the moon as a source of inspiration (remembering an earlier poem you posted) as am I, and now you mention Keats. You fill up my heart with goodness... I adore Keats! Phoenix-like, you have risen from the ashes of your disillusionment. Beautiful poem.
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