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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HALCYONS, by ALCMAN Poet's Biography First Line: No more, o maiden voices, sweet as honey, soft as love is Last Line: Would I were, and knew not care, the sea-blue bird of spring! Alternate Author Name(s): Alkman | |||
NO more, O maiden voices, sweet as honey, soft as love is, No more my limbs sustain me. -- A halcyon on the wing Flying o'er the foam-flowers, in the halcyon coveys, Would I were, and knew not care, the sea-blue bird of spring! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LIFE SO SHORT by EAMON GRENNAN SUNSET FROM OMAHA HOTEL WINDOW by CARL SANDBURG THE PAST by RALPH WALDO EMERSON DOLCINO TO MARGARET by CHARLES KINGSLEY SUMMER (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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