Ode 7
Author(s): Anacreon, Thomas Moore
Genre(s): Multi-version (weekly And Fortnightly Poetry)
Narrators: Andrew Gaunce, Brize C, Bruce Kachuk, David Lawrence, Inkell, James Escareno, Kerry Adams, KevinS, Lee Ann Howlett, Laurie Banza, Larry Wilson, L.H.Merry, Michael Broomhill, Nidra, Nicole J. LeBoeuf, Patrick Randall, Rebecca Estep, ToriBee, Winnifred Assmann
Number of Chapters: 19
Length: 19 minutes
Language: English
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Ode 7 by Anacreon, translated by Sir Thomas Moore.
This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 14, 2022.
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The more things change, the more they stay the same. Written sometime around 500 BC, this little poem expresses the desire to live life to the fullest with the time one has left. Here's to gray (or lack of) hair and the autumn of one's life!
- Summary by TriciaG