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Born in 570 BC / Died in 488 BC / Greece / Greek

Poems by Anacreon

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Drinking

...   They drink and dance by their own light ...

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The Thracian Filly

...   But now 'tis yet the meadow free ...

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The Swallow

...   Though men say thou bring'st the Spring ...

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The Wounded Cupid. Song

... s the smart Of those, thou woundest with thy Dart! ...

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Gold

...   A curse on him who first did coin it! ...

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All Things Drink

... I should thirst when all else drink ...

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The Grasshopper

... But, when thou'st drunk, and danc'd and sung ...

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The Epicure

...   With odorous oils my head o'erflowing, ...

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Beauty

... Beauty, this Both their arms and armor is: ...

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Age

...   'Tis time short pleasures now to take, ...

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The Poet's Choice

...   That when the fates would send their minion, ...

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A Lover's Sigh

...   Warm to thy breast, and feels its sighs! ...