Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HERMES OF THE PLAYGROUND, by NICIAS


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First Line: Mine is cyllene's mountain steep
Last Line: With hyacinth and rosemary.
Subject(s): Hermes (mythology)


MINE is Cyllene's mountain steep
Whose tossing forests hang above
The plain whereon my watch I keep
To guard the playing fields I love.

And hither children often bring
The garlands that they weave for me,
Fresh violets for offering,
With hyacinth and rosemary.





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