Classic and Contemporary Poetry
QUATRAIN ON ACHILLES, by CATHERINE DES ROCHES First Line: Achilles chose a meaner task when he Last Line: The other slits the corde. Subject(s): Achilles; Mythology - Classical; Swords | ||||||||
ACHILLES chose a meaner task when he Threw downe the distaff and took up the sworde: One weaves the raiment of humanitye, The other slits the corde. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INDIGNATION; AN ODE by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE SWORD AND BUCKLER; OR, SERVING-MAN'S DEFENCE by WILLIAM BASSE BITTER CHOICE by ELLEN MAGRATH CARROLL A SONG OF BATTLE by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE THE SWORD by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE A BROKEN SWORD by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THE SWORD DEMANDS by EDWIN BARLOW EVANS THE SURPRISE OF ANTIOCH by RICHARD SOLOMON GEDNEY THE POEMS OF COLD MOUNTAIN: 14 by HAN SHAN A DAY DREAM by EMILY JANE BRONTE |
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