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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DECOY PARTRIDGE, by SIMIAS OF THEBES Poet's Biography
First Line: No more, poor partridge, taught to lure
Last Line: The road to acheron.
Alternate Author Name(s): Simmias Of Thebes
Subject(s): Partridge
First Line: No more, poor partridge, taught to lure
Last Line: The road to acheron.
Alternate Author Name(s): Simmias Of Thebes
Subject(s): Partridge
NO more, poor partridge, taught to lure
And lurk in woodland glade,
No more thy tuneful note shall sound
A-ringing through the shade,
There in the forest dell to tempt
Thy dappled fellows on;
Thy last long road is travelled now,
The road to Acheron.
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