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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BAUCIS, by ERINNA First Line: Ye columns and my sirens, and thou funereal jar Last Line: Erinna; she was always at my side. | |||
YE Columns and my Sirens, and thou funereal jar Holding the little ash that now is I, To all who pass give greeting, no matter if they are My countrymen or from another sky: 'My father called me Baucis', say: say 'Telos was my home.' And tell them I was buried here, a bride, That all may know: and name the friend who thus inscribed my tomb, Erinna; she was always at my side. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FALSE FRIENDS-LIKE by WILLIAM BARNES THE FALCONER OF GOD by WILLIAM ROSE BENET AN INSINCERE WISH ADDRESSED TO A BEGGAR by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE UPON PRUE, HIS MAID by ROBERT HERRICK LOCKSLEY HALL SIXTY YEARS AFTER by ALFRED TENNYSON THE LAST INVOCATION by WALT WHITMAN VILLANELLE, WITH STEVENSON'S ASSISTANCE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |
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