Poems by Alcman

Poems by Alcman

Desire, by Alcman

Maidens with voices like honey for sweetness, that breathe desire,
See I faint; for no sea-bir...

The Mountain Summits Sleep, by Alcman

The mountain summits sleep, glens, cliffs, and caves
Are silent; --all the black earth's rept...

Slumbering are the Mountains, by Alcman

Slumbering are the mountains, crest and chasm,
Ravine and precipice,
And every creeping thin...