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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TOMB OF DIOGENES, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "'tell me, good dog, whose tomb you guard so well'" Last Line: Yes: but the stars are now his dwelling-place' Subject(s): Cemeteries;death;diogenes;graves; "graveyards;dead, The;tombs;tombstones; | |||
'TELL me, good dog, whose tomb you guard so well.' 'The Cynic's.' 'True; but who that Cynic tell.' 'Diogenes, of fair Sinope's race.' 'What? He that in a tub was wont to dwell?' 'Yes: but the stars are now his dwelling-place.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SITTING BULL IN SERBIA by WILLIAM JAY SMITH TO THE EXCELLENT ORINDA by PHILO PHILIPPA EPIGRAM OCCASIONED BY CIBBER'S VERSES IN PRAISE OF NASH: 1 by ALEXANDER POPE THE GIFT OF THE GODS by JOHN GODFREY SAXE TO CHRISTOPHER NORTH by ALFRED TENNYSON BEAU NASH by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER BEAU NASH AND THE ROMAN, OR THE TWO ERAS by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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