Halcyons ye by the flowing sea <br />Waves that warble twitteringly, <br />Circling over the tumbling blue, <br />Dipping your down in its briny dew, <br />Spi-i-iders in corners dim <br />Spi-spi-spinning your fairy film, <br />Shuttles echoing round the room <br />Silver notes of the whistling loom, <br />Where the light-footed dolphin skips <br />Down the wake of the dark-prowed ships, <br />Over the course of the racing steed <br />Where the clustering tendrils breed <br />Grapes to drown dull care in delight, <br />Oh! mother make me a child again just for to-night! <br />I don't exactly see how that last line is to scan, <br />But that's a consideration I leave to our musical man.<br /><br />Aristophanes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-parody-on-euripides-s-lyric-verse/
