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Anacreon [əˈnækrɪˌɒn -ən] n
(Biographies / Anacreon (?572 bc-?488 bc) M, Greek, WRITING: poet) ?572-?488 bc, Greek lyric poet, noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For being an idle boy lang syne; Who read Anacreon and drank wine, I early found Anacreon rhymes Were almost passionate sometimes-- And by strange alchemy of brain His pleasures always turned to pain-- His naiveté to wild desire-- His wit to love-his wine to fire-- And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy, I studied Greek, and I learned so much of it as to read a chapter of the Testament, and an ode of Anacreon. |
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