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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DICING, by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS First Line: It's sport for gentlemen, but rage and pain Last Line: But learn to give each hour what fits it best. Alternate Author Name(s): Agathias Scholasticos Subject(s): Dice; Games; Recreation; Pastimes; Amusements | |||
IT'S sport for gentlemen, but rage and pain And loss self-sought for them who fail in poise; If you come last, from blasphemy refrain And don't boil over with a snorting noise; Toil not o'er toys nor with your duty jest, But learn to give each hour what fits it best. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BLOODY SIRE by ROBINSON JEFFERS GAME AFTER SUPPER by MARGARET ATWOOD DANGEROUS GAMES by CAROLYN KIZER THE GOOD AUTHOR by CAROLYN KIZER BATTLEDORE AND SHUTTLECOCK by AMY LOWELL THE LOST CHILDREN by GREGORY ORR SNAKE EYES by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT HOMAGE TO QUINTUS SEPTIMIUS FLORENTIS CHRISTIANUS: TROY by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS LEAVE A KISS WITHIN THE CUP by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS ON A YOUNG BRIDE DROWNED IN THE BOSPHORUS by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS |
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