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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MIGHTY RUNNER, by NICARCHUS Poet's Biography First Line: The day when charmus ran with five / in arcady Last Line: He would have been eleventh. Alternate Author Name(s): Nicarchos Variant Title(s): Variations Of Greek Themes: 2. A Mighty Runner | |||
THE day when Charmus ran with five In Arcady, as I'm alive, He came in seventh.--"Five and one Make seven, you say? It can't be done."-- Well, if you think it needs a note, A friend in a fur overcoat Ran with him, crying all the while, "You'll beat 'em, Charmus, by a mile!" And so he came in seventh. Therefore, good Zoilus, you see The thing is plain as plain can be; And with four more for company, He would have been eleventh. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BALLADE OF SUICIDE by GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON UNDER HOUSE ARREST IN WINDSOR by HENRY HOWARD ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 3: 5. WALTON'S BOOK OF LIVE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AN INVITATION TO A DRINKFEST by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS TRANSFIGURATION by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ON GOOD FRIDAY, THE DAY OF OUR SAVIOUR'S PASSION by PHILIP AYRES THE POET TO HIS GARRET by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER |
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