Cover of Ode 7

Ode 7

by Anacreon

Chapter 1 of 19 Ode 7 - Read by AG

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Running time
19 min
Language
English
Readers
Andrew Gaunce, Brize C, Bruce Kachuk, David Lawrence, Inkell and 14 others
Translated by
Thomas Moore

Chapters

About this recording

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