hesperides - Popular Poems and stories from category

Glinting golden through the trees, Apples of Hesperides
Through the moon-pierced warp of night Shoot pale shafts of yellow light,
Swaying to the kissing breeze Swings the treasure, golden-gleaming, Apples of Hesperides
Far and lofty...

Hayrick some do spell thy name,
And thy verse approves the same;
For 'tis like fresh-scented hay,—-With country lasses in't at play
A tribute to Robert Herrick