(15 November 1881 – 23 March 1960 / Chicago, Illinois)

poet Franklin P. Adams
#434 on top 500 poets

Poems of Franklin P. Adams

101. Unshackled Thoughts on Chivalry, Romance, Adventure, Etc. 1/3/2003
102. Us Potes 1/3/2003
103. Vain Words 1/3/2003
104. Variation on a Theme 1/3/2003
105. War and Peace 1/3/2003
106. What Flavour? 1/3/2003
107. When You Meet a Man from Your Own Home Town 1/3/2003

A Lament

Horace: Book II, Elegy 8

"Eripitur nobis iam pridem cara puella---"


While she I loved is being torn
From arms that held her many years,
Dost thou regard me, friend, with scorn,
Or seek to check my tears?

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