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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM ON A DEAD CHILD, by LUCIAN Poet's Biography First Line: The frowning fates have taken hence / callimachus, a child Last Line: So were his troubles small. Alternate Author Name(s): Lucianus Variant Title(s): Calimachus Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies | |||
The frowming fates have taken hence Calimachus, a childe Five yeres of age; ah well is he from cruell care exilde: What though he livd but little tyme, waile nought for that at all: For as his yeres not many were, so were his troubles small. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOST CHILDREN by RANDALL JARRELL THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN MELANCHOLY; AN ODE by WILLIAM BROOME SISTERS IN ARMS by AUDRE LORDE A BOTANICAL TROPE by WILLIAM MEREDITH |
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