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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALPHEUS AND ARETHUSA, by EUGENE HOWELL DALY First Line: A nymph there was in arcadie Last Line: They turned them into water! Subject(s): Alpheus; Arethusa | |||
(NEW DORIC) A NYMPH there was in Arcadie Who owned a crystal spring; And there she'd wash, sans mackintosh, B'gosh, or anything. A youth there was in Arcadie Who hunted o'er the brooks; He would not tote an overcoat, But travelled on his looks. Though ancient Greece had no police, The gods did as they'd oughter; To put them quite from mortal sight They turned them into water! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARETHUSA by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS ARETHUSA by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY A BIRTHDAY SONG by SIDNEY LANIER THE WORN WEDDING-RING by WILLIAM COX BENNETT TWO OF A TRADE by SAMUEL WILLOUGHBY DUFFIELD THE BIGLOW PAPERS: 6. THE PIOUS EDITOR'S CREED by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL RIDDLE: SEWING NEEDLE AND THREAD by MOTHER GOOSE LACHRYMAE MUSARUM (THE DEATH OF TENNYSON) by WILLIAM WATSON THE MORAL FABLES: THE SHEEP AND THE DOG by AESOP BRUCE: IN PRAISE OF FREEDOM by JOHN BARBOUR THE BRIDES' TRAGEDY: ACT 3, SCENE 2 by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |
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