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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FORGOTTEN, by SAPPHO Poet's Biography First Line: Dead shalt thou lie; and nought Last Line: No friendly shade thy shade shall company! Variant Title(s): Sapphic Fragment Subject(s): Aphrodite; Death; Love - Erotic; Love; Mythology - Classical; Dead, The | |||
'Thou shalt be - Nothing.' - OMAR KHAYYAM 'Tombless, with no remembrance.' - W. SHAKESPEARE DEAD shalt thou lie; and nought Be told of thee or thought, For thou hast plucked not of the Muses' tree: And even in Hades' halls Amidst thy fellow-thralls No friendly shade thy shade shall company! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND |
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