 | The Uncollected Poems of Henry Timrod |  |
WHAT ATHENS DULL
What Athens dull thou maudlin [rake?]If ten long faces once could make
A city safe as Moses spake,
I can't tell where,
When threaten'd loud with fire and flake
For badness sair,
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With winsome forms and gleesome faces
As e'er spurn'd artful paints or laces
To make their beauty
A second trio o' the graces
Should teach your duty
| The Uncollected Poems of Henry Timrod | |