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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 CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE REVELATION by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE COLD NIGHT by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS ON SOME LINES OF LOPE DE VEGA by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE by HENRY WOTTON ON BEING ASKED FOR A WAR POEM by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE BELLS AT MIDNIGHT by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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