Tales from Ovid by Ted Hughes

Tales from Ovid by Ted Hughes

Author:Ted Hughes [Ted Hughes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780571258895
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 1997-05-22T04:00:00+00:00


‘Or you may win your glory at my cost.

The beauty, the youth, the charms that humbled Venus,

Feel silly and go blank when suddenly a lion

‘Looks their way. They have no influence

On whatever lifts a boar’s bristles,

Or on the interests or on the affections

‘Of any of that gang. The tusk of the boar

Is the lightning jag that delivers the bolt.

The ignorant impact of solidified

‘Hunger in the arrival of a lion

Turns everything to dust. I abhor them!’

‘But why should you abhor them?’ ‘There is a lesson



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