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Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 1

Chapter 5: EROS & PSYCHE
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The volume gathers extended mythic and lyrical pieces alongside a sonnet sequence. A dramatic mask reworks the Prometheus tale into a stage-like poem featuring choral odes and scenes about the bestowal of fire and its human effects; a narrative lyric retells the Eros and Psyche episode with attention to desire, trials, and reconciliation; and a sequence of sonnets maps the gradual development and varieties of love. These poems move between dramatic monologue, chorus and tightly crafted sonnet forms, accompanied by notes that emphasize classical themes, formal experiment, and close attention to poetic technique.

EROS & PSYCHE

A NARRATIVE POEM IN
TWELVE MEASURES

THE STORY DONE INTO
ENGLISH FROM THE
LATIN OF APULEIUS

L’anima semplicetta che sa nulla.
DANTE
O latest-born, O loveliest vision far
Of all Olympus’ faded hierarchy.
KEATS

EROS & PSYCHE

FIRST QUARTER
SPRING

PSYCHE’S EARTHLY PARENTAGE · WORSHIPPED
BY MEN · & PERSECUTED BY
APHRODITE · SHE IS LOVED & CARRIED
OFF BY EROS