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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MENDAX, by GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING Poet's Biography First Line: See yonder goes old mendax, telling lies Last Line: Why, don't you see, my friend, the fellow's talking. | |||
SEE yonder goes old Mendax, telling lies To that good easy man with whom he's walking; How know I that? you ask, with some surprise; Why, don't you see, my friend, the fellow's talking. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WISE CHILD by GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING TO A SLOW WALKER AND QUICK EATER by GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING THE WHITE LIGHTS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON A SENSE OF DIRECTION by KAREN SWENSON AN APPEAL TO MY COUNTRYWOMEN by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER IN HOSPITAL: 2. WAITING by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY SONNET: TO SLEEP by JOHN KEATS WINE AND CITRON by ABU ABD ALLAH THE PERSIANS (PERSAE): THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS by AESCHYLUS |
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