Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DECOY PARTRIDGE, by SIMIAS OF THEBES Poet's Biography First Line: No more, poor partridge, taught to lure Last Line: The road to acheron. Alternate Author Name(s): Simmias Of Thebes Subject(s): Partridge | ||||||||
NO more, poor partridge, taught to lure And lurk in woodland glade, No more thy tuneful note shall sound A-ringing through the shade, There in the forest dell to tempt Thy dappled fellows on; Thy last long road is travelled now, The road to Acheron. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PARTRIDGE by JOHN BURROUGHS THE PARTRIDGES: AN ELEGY by ? PRATT ON SOME PARTRIDGES SENT TO HER ALIVE by FLORENCIA DEL PINAR SOPHOCLES' TOMB by SIMIAS OF THEBES THE GRAVE OF SOPHOCLES by SIMIAS OF THEBES AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS WAR by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: AUX ITALIENS by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |
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