Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CYNIC'S EPTIAPH, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A race with the sun as he downed Last Line: I stayed on. Subject(s): Cynicism | ||||||||
A RACE with the sun as he downed I ran at evetide, Intent who should first gain the ground And there hide. He beat me by some minutes then, But I triumphed anon, For when he'd to rise up again I stayed on. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE KING OF SPAIN by MAXWELL BODENHEIM YOUTH AND ART by ROBERT BROWNING GOOD AND BAD LUCK by HEINRICH HEINE THE PESSIMIST by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING WITHOUT AND WITHIN by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM by ROBERT SOUTHEY NORTHERN FARMER, NEW STYLE by ALFRED TENNYSON BALLAD: THE THINGS OF NO ACCOUNT by FRANCOIS VILLON AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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