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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IDYLL 8. FRIENDSHIP, by BION Poet's Biography First Line: Happy is love or friendship when returned Last Line: Him living loved, for his sake gladly died! Subject(s): Friendship | |||
HAPPY is love or friendship when returned— The lovers whose pure flames have equal burned; Happy was Theseus, e'en in Tartarus, With his true heart-friend, good Pirithous. His Pylades Orestes lorn did bless Amid th' inhospitable Chalybes. Blest was Achilles in a friend long tried; Him living loved, for his sake gladly died! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU & I BELONG IN THIS KITCHEN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JASON THE REAL by TONY HOAGLAND NO RESURRECTION by ROBINSON JEFFERS CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 18 by JAMES JOYCE THE STONE TABLE by GALWAY KINNELL ALMSWOMAN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM SONNET: 10. TO A FRIEND by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES IDYLL 1. LAMENT FOR ADONIS by BION |
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