Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ATHENS, by ARISTOPHANES Poet's Biography First Line: Nymph of the rain Last Line: With thunders of the scenic muse. Subject(s): Athens, Greece | ||||||||
NYMPHS of the rain, Let us visit again The city by Pallas beloved, the home, -- The populous home of choicest delights, Where for the appointed secret rites From year to year the mystic dome Duly unfolds its hallowed portals; And gifts are there to the Powers Divine, And many a statue and lofty shrine, And pomps for all the blessed immortals; Banquet and wreathy sacrifice Hallow each season as it flies; And ever, at the voice of spring, Bacchus his graceful mirth renews; Sweet choirs in strife melodions sing, And all the festive echoes ring With thunders of the Scenic Muse. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ACHARNIANS: IN PRAISE OF THE POET by ARISTOPHANES THE UNKNOWN GOD by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD INCOGNITA IN THE TEMPLE OF THESEUS by SEYMOUR GREEN WHEELER BENJAMIN A VOICE FROM ACADEME by ROBERT WILLIAMS BUCHANAN A PRIZE FOR EURIPIDES by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE: CANTO 2 by GEORGE GORDON BYRON LINES [WRITTEN] IN THE TRAVELLER'S BOOK AT ORCHOMENUS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE WOODEN WALLS OF ATHENS by DELPHIC ORACLE THE CLOUDS: THE CLOUD CHORUS by ARISTOPHANES |
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