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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 THE SACRAL DREAMS OF RAMON FERNANDEZ by JAMES GALVIN CITY VIGNETTE: DAWN by SARA TEASDALE THE WINDMILL by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES A PORTRAIT by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING EPITAPH ON THE LADY MARY VILLIERS [OR VILLERS] (2) by THOMAS CAREW ON AN INTAGLIO HEAD OF MINERVA (2) by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH ONLY ONE LIFE by HORATIO (HORATIUS) BONAR |
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