Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PLUTARCH, by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS First Line: Chaeronean plutarch, to thy deathless praise Last Line: Their lives have parallels, but thine has none. Alternate Author Name(s): Agathias Scholasticos Subject(s): Praise; Statues | ||||||||
CHAERONEAN Plutarch, to thy deathless praise Does martial Rome this grateful statue raise; Because both Greece and she thy fame have shared, (Their heroes written and their lives compared;) But thou thyself could'st never write thine own; Their lives have parallels, but thine has none. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BAMBERGER REITER by MARY KINZIE FRAGMENT OF THE HEAD OF A QUEEN by CATE MARVIN STATUE AND BIRDS by LOUISE BOGAN STATUES IN THE PARK by BILLY COLLINS STATUETTE: LATE MINOAN by CECIL DAY LEWIS THE STATUE OF A LIBERTINE by RON PADGETT DICING by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS HOMAGE TO QUINTUS SEPTIMIUS FLORENTIS CHRISTIANUS: TROY by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS |
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