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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIOBE: INEXORABLE DEATH, by AESCHYLUS Poet's Biography First Line: Alone of gods death has no love for gifts Last Line: From him alone persuasion stands apart. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | |||
Alone of gods Death has no love for gifts, Libation helps you not, nor sacrifice. He has no altar, and he hears no hymns; From him alone Persuasion stands apart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES: CHORUS by AESCHYLUS |
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