Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A VISITATION, by HESIOD


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First Line: Down from the stately trees amain
Last Line: In each three years, three little snakes.


DOWN from the stately trees amain
The lovely petals fell like rain,
And fruits came dropping on the earth
As Boreas sent his fury forth
At Zeus' behest: the ocean boiled,
And all things from his wrath recoiled.
Men's strength became a whining wail,
And early spring saw fruitage fail,
What time the Hairless One betakes
Herself to breed, among the brakes,
In each three years, three little snakes.





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