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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EURIPIDES, by ALEXANDER AETOLUS
First Line: Anaxagoras' ward was as true as his lord, but to talk to a little austere
Last Line: But whatever he wrote, from his honey-sweet throat a siren-song came to the ear.
Subject(s): Euripides (484-406 B.c.)
First Line: Anaxagoras' ward was as true as his lord, but to talk to a little austere
Last Line: But whatever he wrote, from his honey-sweet throat a siren-song came to the ear.
Subject(s): Euripides (484-406 B.c.)
ANAXAGORAS' ward was as true as his lord, but to talk to a little austere.
Jokes were not in his line, and not even in wine had he learned how to jape or
to jeer;
But whatever he wrote, from his honey-sweet throat a Siren-song came to the ear.
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