Toward this poem's end, there is a mythological reference to Ilion rising like a mist into towers, and there are also some curls that "kindle into sunny rings," and a few "kisses balmier than half-opening buds."
In the first few lines, the poet mentions "gleaming halls of morn" and speaks of those who "care not how they give." Toward this poem's end, there is a mythological reference to Ilion rising like a mist into towers, and there are also some curls that "kindle into sunny rings," and a few "kisses balmier than half-opening buds." Bemoaning his condition, the title character asks, "how can my nature longer mix with thine," and then he begs, "restore me to the ground." Containing the famous line, "after many a summer dies the swan," FTP, name this Alfred Tennyson poem named for the Trojan prince loved by the goddess of dawn who gained everlasting life but without everlasting youth, and then was turned into a grasshopper.
In the first few lines, the poet mentions "gleaming halls of morn" and speaks of those who "care not how they give.
“{Tithonus}”