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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OH FAIR AND FLEET WITH EAGER FEET , by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS Poet's Biography
Last Line: No sweeter thing than love
Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic
Subject(s): Coming Of Age; Love
Last Line: No sweeter thing than love
Alternate Author Name(s): Myers, Frederic
Subject(s): Coming Of Age; Love
Oh fair and fleet with eager feet
The Greek his races ran,
Nor lost the boy his early joy
But triumphed into man:
Then tall and wise with graver eyes
He sought around, above.
Above, around, he sought and found
No sweeter thing than love.
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