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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE NEVER-RESTING SUN, by MIMNERMUS Poet's Biography First Line: Surely the sun has labour all his days Last Line: Keen-mettled, waiting for the morning star. Alternate Author Name(s): Mimnermos | |||
SURELY the Sun has labour all his days, And never any respite, steeds nor god, Since Eos first, whose hands are rosy rays, Ocean forsook, and Heaven's high pathway trod; At night across the sea that wondrous bed Shell-hollow, beaten by Hephaistos' hand, Of winged gold and gorgeous, bears his head Half-waking on the wave, from eve's red strand To the Ethiop shore, where steeds and chariot are, Keen-mettled, waiting for the morning star. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SINE AMORE NIL EST JUCUNDUM by MIMNERMUS WE ALL DO FAIL AS A LEAF by MIMNERMUS AFTER DIVORCE; FOR NAHID SARMAD by KAREN SWENSON UNDER THE WATERFALL by THOMAS HARDY COWLEY: THE GARDEN by ALEXANDER POPE SUNRISE AND SUNSET: 1. SUNRISE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) A NEW PILGRIMAGE: 4 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT JERUSALEM by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD EPITAPH ON MR. TURNER OF ST. MARY-HALL by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |
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