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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HALCYONS, by ALCMAN Poet's Biography First Line: No more, o maiden voices, sweet as honey, soft as love is Last Line: Would I were, and knew not care, the sea-blue bird of spring! Alternate Author Name(s): Alkman | |||
NO more, O maiden voices, sweet as honey, soft as love is, No more my limbs sustain me. -- A halcyon on the wing Flying o'er the foam-flowers, in the halcyon coveys, Would I were, and knew not care, the sea-blue bird of spring! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MIDSUMMER BIRDS by ROBERT FROST SILVER by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE NEUTRALITY LOATHSOME by ROBERT HERRICK A LEGEND OF BREGENZ by ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER WE ARE SEVEN by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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