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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IMITATRIX ALES, by AULUS LICINIUS ARCHIAS First Line: I was a jay-bird, screeching back the noise Last Line: Having renounced my taste for mimicry. Alternate Author Name(s): Archias | |||
I WAS a jay-bird, screeching back the noise Of fishermen or foresters or herds; Often with Echo's iterative voice My mocking beak would caw a string of words: Now dumb and tongueless here in earth I lie, Having renounced my taste for mimicry. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A TOMB BY THE SEA by AULUS LICINIUS ARCHIAS ECHO by AULUS LICINIUS ARCHIAS NAPOLEON by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE IN HOSPITAL: 28. DISCHARGED by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY THE NEWLY WEDDED by WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED UPON WEDLOCK, AND DEATH OF CHILDREN by EDWARD TAYLOR BALLADE OF EGREGIOUSNESS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS MYRMIDONES: THE WOUNDED EAGLE by AESCHYLUS |
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