The Idyllia, Epigrams, and Fragments, of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus with the Elegies of Tyrtaeus, Translated from the Greek into English Verse. To which are Added, Dissertations and Notes. By the Rev. Richard Polwhele |
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XIX. On ARCHILOCHUS.
Pause, Stranger, and Archilochus survey—
That antient Poet, whose Iambic Name
Is borne by rapid Fame
Ev'n from the rising to the setting Day!
That antient Poet, whose Iambic Name
Is borne by rapid Fame
Ev'n from the rising to the setting Day!
And sure, the inspiring Muses lov'd their Child;
And Delian Phœbus on his keener Verse
Which flow'd, exact and terse,
To his according Lyre, in Fondness smil'd!
And Delian Phœbus on his keener Verse
Which flow'd, exact and terse,
To his according Lyre, in Fondness smil'd!
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