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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UPON VENUS PUTTING ON MARS HIS ARMES, by LEONIDAS OF ALEXANDRIA Poet's Biography First Line: What? Mars his sword? Faire cytherea say Last Line: What need'st thou put on armes aginst poore men? | |||
What? Mars his sword? faire Cytherea say, Why art thou arm'd so desperately to day? Mars thou hast beaten naked, and o then What need'st thou put on armes aginst poore men? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MENODOTIS by LEONIDAS OF ALEXANDRIA ON THE [OR, A] PICTURE OF AN INFANT PLAYING NEAR A PRECIPICE by LEONIDAS OF ALEXANDRIA THE COLOR SERGEANT by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COLUMBUS [AUGUST 3, 1492] by JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER THE CRICKET by FREDERICK GODDARD TUCKERMAN IN LAMPLIGHT by MARTIN DONISTHORPE ARMSTRONG CASSANDRA by RICHARD BARNFIELD THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: THE SHORE by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |
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