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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PYTHAGORAS AND THE DOG, by XENOPHANES First Line: Once he was passing by an ill-used pup Last Line: I recognized it when I heard it yell.' Subject(s): Animals; Dogs; Pythagorus (580-500 B.c.) | |||
ONCE he was passing by an ill-used pup, And pitied it, and said (or so they tell) 'Stop, do not thrash it! 'tis a dear friend's soul: I recognized it when I heard it yell.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PYTHAGORAS, HIS MORAL RULES by THOMAS STANLEY LINE OF VERSE OF YEATS by RICHARD GHORMLEY EBERHART METAMORPHOSES: BOOK 15: THE TEACHINGS OF PYTHAGORUS by PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO NO MATTER WHAT, AFTER ALL, AND THAT BEAUTIFUL WORD SO by HAYDEN CARRUTH SUNSET by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON HIRAM POWERS' GREEK SLAVE by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING REPRESSION OF WAR EXPERIENCE by SIEGFRIED SASSOON THE PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION; A POEM. ENLARGED VERSION: BOOK 4 by MARK AKENSIDE HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 45 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH |
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