| The Odes of Anacreon Contributor(s): Moore, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1518737447 ISBN-13: 9781518737442 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.13" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.22 lbs) 64 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: I often wish this languid lyre, This warbler of my soul's desire, Could raise the breath of song sublime, To men of fame in former time. But when the soaring theme I try, Along the chords my numbers die, And whisper, with dissolving tone, 'Our sighs are given to love alone ' Indignant at the feeble lay, I tore the panting chords away, Attuned them to a nobler swell, And struck again the breathing shell; |
