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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A HOUND, by SIMONIDES OF CEOS Poet's Biography First Line: Although beneath this grave-mound thy white bones now are lying Last Line: And the looming peak of ossa, and cithaeron's lonely hill. Alternate Author Name(s): Simonides Of Keos Subject(s): Graves; Hunting; Tombs; Tombstones; Hunters | |||
ALTHOUGH beneath this grave-mound thy white bones now are lying, Surely, my huntress Lycas, the wild things dread thee still. The memory of thy worth tall Pelion keeps undying, And the looming peak of Ossa, and Cithaeron's lonely hill. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LAMENT OF QUARRY by LEONIE ADAMS KILLDEER by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE YOUNG FOWLER THAT MISTOOK HIS GAME by PHILIP AYRES A POEM ABOUT THE HOUNDS AND THE HARES by LISEL MUELLER THE LAMENTATION OF DANAE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS |
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