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A STATUE BY LYSIPPUS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The sculptor's country? Sicyon his name?
Last Line: Here in the porch I stand; my lesson take.
Alternate Author Name(s): Posidippus; Poseidippos
Subject(s): Lysippus (4th Century B.c.); Statues


THE sculptor's country? Sicyon. His name?
Lysippus. You? Time, that all things can tame.
Why thus a-tiptoe? I have halted never.
Why ankle-winged? I fly like wind for ever.
But in your hand that razor? 'Tis a pledge
That I am keener than the keenest edge.
Why falls your hair in front? For him to bind
Who meets me. True: but when you're bald behind?
Yes, because when with winged feet I have passed
'Tis vain upon my back your hands to cast.
Why did the sculptor carve you? For your sake
Here in the porch I stand; my lesson take.





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