Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM: 28. THE INTELLECTUAL, by CALLIMACHUS Poet's Biography First Line: I hate your hackneyed epic; have no taste Last Line: I drink not; I detest all common things. Alternate Author Name(s): Kallimachos Subject(s): Hate | ||||||||
I HATE your hackneyed epic; have no taste For roads where crowds hither and thither haste; Loathe vagrant loves; and from the public springs I drink not; I detest all common things. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS HATRED by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM JACK ROSE by MAXWELL BODENHEIM THE PEOPLE OF THE OTHER VILLAGE by THOMAS LUX IN STRANGE EVENTS by WILLIAM MEREDITH LINES FOR A CHRISTMAS CARD by HILAIRE BELLOC |
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