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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DEAD LOCUST, by ARISTODICUS
First Line: Where alcis keeps her state, shrill grasshopper
Last Line: The dew-rich flowers of gold persephone.
Subject(s): Locusts
First Line: Where alcis keeps her state, shrill grasshopper
Last Line: The dew-rich flowers of gold persephone.
Subject(s): Locusts
WHERE Alcis keeps her state, shrill grasshopper,
no more shall sun invest thy tiny glee.
Now only Pluto hears thy music stir
the dew-rich flowers of gold Persephone.
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