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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PHILIP, KING OF MACEDON, by ALCAEUS OF MESSENE Poet's Biography First Line: Unwept, unburied, traveller, we lie here Last Line: But philip, that brave soul, ran quicker still. Subject(s): Cowardice; Philip V, King Of Macedon (238-179 B.c.) | |||
UNWEPT, unburied, traveller, we lie here Three myriad men, on this Thessalian hill, A grief to Macedon. Fast runs a deer, But Philip, that brave soul, ran quicker still. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GRAVE OF HOMER by ALCAEUS OF MESSENE CONTRA MORTEM: THE SUN by HAYDEN CARRUTH SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: REV. LEMUEL WILEY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WHEN MY SHIP COMES IN by ROBERT JONES BURDETTE IN ANSWER TO MR. POPE by ANNE FINCH TO MUSIC [TO BECALM HIS FEVER] by ROBERT HERRICK WILL (1) by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 37 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH |
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