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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PHILIP, KING OF MACEDON, by ALCAEUS OF MESSENE Poet's Biography First Line: Unwept, unburied, traveller, we lie here Last Line: But philip, that brave soul, ran quicker still. Subject(s): Cowardice; Philip V, King Of Macedon (238-179 B.c.) | |||
UNWEPT, unburied, traveller, we lie here Three myriad men, on this Thessalian hill, A grief to Macedon. Fast runs a deer, But Philip, that brave soul, ran quicker still. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GRAVE OF HOMER by ALCAEUS OF MESSENE ABOVE AND WITHIN by DAVID IGNATOW DOMESDAY BOOK: AT NICE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SONG OF NATURE by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS by FRANCIS HOPKINSON AN ATHENIAN GARDEN by TRUMBULL STICKNEY HELLENS RAPE; OR A LIGHT LANTHORNE FOR LIGHT LADIES by RICHARD BARNFIELD ELEGY by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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