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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MIGHTY RUNNER, by NICARCHUS Poet's Biography First Line: The day when charmus ran with five / in arcady Last Line: He would have been eleventh. Alternate Author Name(s): Nicarchos Variant Title(s): Variations Of Greek Themes: 2. A Mighty Runner | |||
THE day when Charmus ran with five In Arcady, as I'm alive, He came in seventh.--"Five and one Make seven, you say? It can't be done."-- Well, if you think it needs a note, A friend in a fur overcoat Ran with him, crying all the while, "You'll beat 'em, Charmus, by a mile!" And so he came in seventh. Therefore, good Zoilus, you see The thing is plain as plain can be; And with four more for company, He would have been eleventh. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OVID, OLD BUDDY, I WOULD DISCOURSE WITH YOU A WHILE by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE OLD VICARAGE, GRANTCHESTER by RUPERT BROOKE OFF THE GROUND by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE GOOD-BY AND KEEP COLD by ROBERT FROST UPON THE DEATH OF MY EVER CONSTANT FRIEND DOCTOR DONNE, DEAN OF PAUL'S by HENRY KING (1592-1669) |
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