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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IMITATRIX ALES, by AULUS LICINIUS ARCHIAS First Line: I was a jay-bird, screeching back the noise Last Line: Having renounced my taste for mimicry. Alternate Author Name(s): Archias | |||
I WAS a jay-bird, screeching back the noise Of fishermen or foresters or herds; Often with Echo's iterative voice My mocking beak would caw a string of words: Now dumb and tongueless here in earth I lie, Having renounced my taste for mimicry. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A TOMB BY THE SEA by AULUS LICINIUS ARCHIAS ECHO by AULUS LICINIUS ARCHIAS THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE MOURNING-GARMENT: THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE'S SONG by ROBERT GREENE WOMEN'S WAR THOUGHTS by MARY HUNTER AUSTIN OF GENERAL GOURAUD by ROBERTA BALFOUR SONNET: ONE NEW YEAR'S EVE by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |
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