Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MIGHTY RUNNER, by NICARCHUS Poet's Biography First Line: The day when charmus ran with five / in arcady Last Line: He would have been eleventh. Alternate Author Name(s): Nicarchos Variant Title(s): Variations Of Greek Themes: 2. A Mighty Runner | ||||||||
THE day when Charmus ran with five In Arcady, as I'm alive, He came in seventh.--"Five and one Make seven, you say? It can't be done."-- Well, if you think it needs a note, A friend in a fur overcoat Ran with him, crying all the while, "You'll beat 'em, Charmus, by a mile!" And so he came in seventh. Therefore, good Zoilus, you see The thing is plain as plain can be; And with four more for company, He would have been eleventh. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A FRIEND I CAN'T FIND by JAMES GALVIN NEIGHBORS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE BLACK RIDERS: 1 by STEPHEN CRANE FREDERICK DOUGLASS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL by OSCAR WILDE SABBATH MORNING by L. DALE AHERN |
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