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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ODE TO THE SWALLOW, by ANACREON Poet's Biography First Line: Thou indeed, little swallow Last Line: Can I bear all this rout of a hundred and more loves? Alternate Author Name(s): Anakreon; Anacreontea Subject(s): Swallows | |||
THOU indeed, little Swallow, A sweet yearly comer, Art building a hollow New nest every summer, And straight dost depart Where no gazing can follow, Past Memphis, down Nile! Ah! but Love all the while Builds his nest in my heart, Through the cold winter-weeks: And as one Love takes flight, Comes another, O Swallow, In an egg warm and white, And another is callow. And the large gaping beaks Chirp all day and all night: And the Loves who are older Help the young and the poor Loves, And the young Loves grown bolder Increase by the score Loves -- Why, what can be done? If a noise comes from one Can I bear all this rout of a hundred and more Loves? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SIXTH-MONTH SONG IN THE FOOTHILLS by GARY SNYDER SWALLOW FLIGHT by SARA TEASDALE EACH SUMMER'S SWALLOWS by JOHN UPDIKE THE DEPARTURE OF THE SWALLOW by WILLIAM HOWITT THE BLUE SWALLOWS by HOWARD NEMEROV THE CLIFF SWALLOWS by DEBRA NYSTROM |
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