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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HALCYONS, by ALCMAN Poet's Biography First Line: No more, o maiden voices, sweet as honey, soft as love is Last Line: Would I were, and knew not care, the sea-blue bird of spring! Alternate Author Name(s): Alkman | |||
NO more, O maiden voices, sweet as honey, soft as love is, No more my limbs sustain me. -- A halcyon on the wing Flying o'er the foam-flowers, in the halcyon coveys, Would I were, and knew not care, the sea-blue bird of spring! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I MAY, I MIGHT, I MUST by MARIANNE MOORE VISIONS: 4. A ROSE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) AN ORDER FOR A PICTURE by ALICE CARY THE JEWISH CEMETERY AT NEWPORT by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THYESTES, ACT 2: CHORUS by LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA IN FLANDERS FIELDS by JOHN MCCRAE ANOTHER SPRING by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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