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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHERE IS ARCADY?, by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE Last Line: "will you go now, pretty maid?" Subject(s): Farewell; Hearts; Love; Parting | |||
"WHERE, oh, where is Arcady? By the ever-sounding sea, In the valleys by the rills, Or upon the silent hills?" "Where, oh, where is Arcady?" Asked a pretty maid of me; "I will leave my father's home Over Arcady to roam." "Seek you, lass, for Arcady? I have solved its mystery; Cupid is the king who reigns Throughout Arcady's domains. "And to find it you must be Cupid's faithful devotee; Is your heart still unafraid, Will you go now, pretty maid?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN STUDY #2 FOR B.B.L. by JUNE JORDAN WATCHING THE NEEDLEBOATS AT SAN SABBA by JAMES JOYCE SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES A MEMORY by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE |
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