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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STATUE OF A DOG, by MACEDONIUS Poet's Biography
First Line: This hound (no chase too stern for such a creature)
Last Line: He's barking, I'll be bound, -- good dog, go home!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Macedonius Of Thessalonica; Macedonius Consul
Subject(s): Animals; Dogs
First Line: This hound (no chase too stern for such a creature)
Last Line: He's barking, I'll be bound, -- good dog, go home!'
Alternate Author Name(s): Macedonius Of Thessalonica; Macedonius Consul
Subject(s): Animals; Dogs
THIS hound (no chase too stern for such a creature!)
Was carved by Leucon for Alcimenes.
Alcimenes, beholding pose and feature
True to the life, -- there's nothing disagrees --
Collar in hand said, 'Leucon, bid him come!
He's barking, I'll be bound, -- good dog, go home!'
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