'ART thou the grave of Charidas?' 'If for Arimmas' son, The Cyrenaean, you inquire, I am the very one.' 'How goes it, Charidas, below?' 'Much gloom.' 'And the way back?' 'A lie, there is none.' 'Pluto, then?' 'Pluto's a myth.' 'Alack!' 'I'm telling you the truth. If you want fairy tales instead, The market price of oxen here is half a crown a head.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRUSADERS' MARCH by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN DEAD AUTUMN by BEULAH ALLYNE BELL AN AUGUST VOICE by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: A LETTER TO CORDELIA by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON INDIAN LULLABY by SARAH COMSTOCK WRITTEN AFTER LEAVING HER AT NEW BURNS by WILLIAM COWPER |