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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALPHEUS AND ARETHUSA, by EUGENE HOWELL DALY
First Line: A nymph there was in arcadie
Last Line: They turned them into water!
Subject(s): Alpheus; Arethusa
First Line: A nymph there was in arcadie
Last Line: They turned them into water!
Subject(s): Alpheus; Arethusa
(NEW DORIC)
A NYMPH there was in Arcadie
Who owned a crystal spring;
And there she'd wash, sans mackintosh,
B'gosh, or anything.
A youth there was in Arcadie
Who hunted o'er the brooks;
He would not tote an overcoat,
But travelled on his looks.
Though ancient Greece had no police,
The gods did as they'd oughter;
To put them quite from mortal sight
They turned them into water!
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