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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 JOHN BROWN by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON ADVICE TO A RAVEN IN RUSSIA by JOEL BARLOW LOVE AND A QUESTION by ROBERT FROST THE IRISH SPINNING-WHEEL by ALFRED PERCEVAL GRAVES A UTILITARIAN VIEW OF THE MONITOR'S FIGHT by HERMAN MELVILLE A SONNET TO YOU! by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE AUTUMN AUGURY by LOTTIE HENDERSON CARY |
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