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.' | Other Poems of Interest...ELEGY FOR THE FACE AT YOUR ELBOW by JOHN CIARDI 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 |
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