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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 THE INEVITABLE by SARAH KNOWLES BOLTON MARY AND GABRIEL by RUPERT BROOKE THE MAN WITH THE HOE'; A REPLY by JOHN VANCE CHENEY THE CHURCH OF A DREAM; TO BERNHARD BERENSON by LIONEL PIGOT JOHNSON THE NEW TIMON AND THE POETS by ALFRED TENNYSON THE MORAL WARFARE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE BLUEBELLS OF NEW ENGLAND by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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