Nature
Epigram XIX: To Archilochus
Translated by C. S. Calverley (1869) · From Epigrams and Epitaphs
Nature
Pause, and scan well Archilochus, the bard of elder days,
By east and west
Alike's confest
The mighty lyrist's praise.
Delian Apollo loved him well, and well the sister-choir:
His songs were fraught
With subtle thought,
And matchless was his lyre.
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Theocritus. “Epigram XIX: To Archilochus.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/49/.
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Theocritus. “Epigram XIX: To Archilochus.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/49/.
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