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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PHILIP, KING OF MACEDON, by ALCAEUS OF MESSENE Poet's Biography First Line: Unwept, unburied, traveller, we lie here Last Line: But philip, that brave soul, ran quicker still. Subject(s): Cowardice; Philip V, King Of Macedon (238-179 B.c.) | |||
UNWEPT, unburied, traveller, we lie here Three myriad men, on this Thessalian hill, A grief to Macedon. Fast runs a deer, But Philip, that brave soul, ran quicker still. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GRAVE OF HOMER by ALCAEUS OF MESSENE LINES ON HEARING THE ORGAN by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY JOHN BROWN'S BODY by CHARLES SPRAGUE HALL DAYS OF THE MONTH by MOTHER GOOSE EPIGRAM ON QUEEN CAROLINE'S DEATHBED by ALEXANDER POPE REVELATION by ROBERT PENN WARREN THE DOVE by ABUL HASAN OF SEVILLE THERE IS NOTHING STRANGE by ARCHILOCHUS THE MUSICAL CONQUERERS by PHILIP AYRES THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: THE NORTH SEA by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |
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