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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMPHIPOLIS, by ANTIPATER OF THESSALONICA Poet's Biography First Line: On strymon built and hellespontus wide Last Line: Art as a rag of purple, flung on either shore. Alternate Author Name(s): Antipatros Of Thessalonika | |||
ON Strymon built and Hellespontus wide Amphipolis, Edonian Phyllis' mound! The wrecks of Dian's temple still abide; The waters run that armies fought around; But thou, for whom Athenians strove so sore Art as a rag of purple, flung on either shore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DROWNED IN HARBOUR by ANTIPATER OF THESSALONICA GREEK POETESSES by ANTIPATER OF THESSALONICA A FRAGMENT by GEORGE GORDON BYRON SUNSET AND SUNRISE by EMILY DICKINSON SONNET by ALICE RUTH MOORE DUNBAR-NELSON THE COUNTRY FAITH by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE SONNET: 14. ON THE RELIGIOUS MEMORY OF CATHERINE THOMASON by JOHN MILTON A WOMAN'S ANSWER TO THE VAMPIRE by FELICIA BLAKE A WOMAN'S SONNETS: 9 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |
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