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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UPON VENUS PUTTING ON MARS HIS ARMES, by LEONIDAS OF ALEXANDRIA Poet's Biography First Line: What? Mars his sword? Faire cytherea say Last Line: What need'st thou put on armes aginst poore men? | |||
What? Mars his sword? faire Cytherea say, Why art thou arm'd so desperately to day? Mars thou hast beaten naked, and o then What need'st thou put on armes aginst poore men? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MENODOTIS by LEONIDAS OF ALEXANDRIA ON THE [OR, A] PICTURE OF AN INFANT PLAYING NEAR A PRECIPICE by LEONIDAS OF ALEXANDRIA SEPARATION by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MADEIRA FROM THE SEA by SARA TEASDALE DISCONTENTS IN DEVON by ROBERT HERRICK A VISION UPON [THIS CONCEIT] OF THE FAERIE QUEENE (2) by WALTER RALEIGH FAST ANCHOR'D ETERNAL O LOVE! by WALT WHITMAN THE MORAL FABLES: THE FOX, THE WOLF, AND THE CADGER by AESOP LARABELLE; CANTO FOURTH by LEVI BISHOP |
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