Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GOLDEN MEAN, by ANACREON


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THE GOLDEN MEAN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: No amalthea's horn for me / riches I disdain
Last Line: And half as long again.
Alternate Author Name(s): Anakreon; Anacreontea


NO Amalthea's horn for me!
Riches I disdain;
Nor in Tarshish would I be,
To king it for a century
And half as long again.





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