Reading Shakespeare: Venus and Adonis
It's the last day of January, so I wanted to squeeze in one more Shakespeare read before I move onto Venice in February hosted by Snow Feathers and Dolce Bellezza.
I slogged my way through "Venus and Adonis." Maybe I should have read it aloud, maybe than I would have been more entranced by it's beauty, but as it is I just wanted to yell at Venus to move on.
Venus, the goddess of love, sees Adonis and is smitten. He is apparently above all other men, even though he's actually little more than a boy. She drags him from his horse and wants to smother him with kisses and carreses, even though he's not interested. His horse runs off and he's upset.
.............."For shame," he cries, "let go, and let me go;
..............My day's delight is past, my horse is gone,
..............And 'tis your fault I am bereft him so:
..............I pray you hence, and leave me here alone;
..............For all my mind, my thought, my...