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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GENEROUS AIR, by PALLADAS Poet's Biography
First Line: Breathing the thin breath through our nostrils, we
Last Line: Seeing, but for a little air, we are as dead.
Alternate Author Name(s): Pallades
Subject(s): Air; Life
First Line: Breathing the thin breath through our nostrils, we
Last Line: Seeing, but for a little air, we are as dead.
Alternate Author Name(s): Pallades
Subject(s): Air; Life
Breathing the thin breath through our nostrils, we
Live, and a little space the sunlight see--
Even all that live -- each being an instrument
To which the generous air its life has lent.
If with the hand one quench our draught of breath,
He sends the stark soul shuddering down to death.
We that are nothing on our pride are fed,
Seeing, but for a little air, we are as dead.
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