Poems
Of those defeated and undone
When the Greek arms stern victory won
At Salamis and Marathon?
When the Greek arms stern victory won
At Salamis and Marathon?
Nay, that their ignorant feet may speed
Securely on those secret roads
Perverse and tortuous ways which lead
Towards the Greeks' desired abodes,
They work upon my exile, throw
Love on their hate till I shall show
Their eyes the hidden things I know.
Securely on those secret roads
Perverse and tortuous ways which lead
Towards the Greeks' desired abodes,
They work upon my exile, throw
Love on their hate till I shall show
Their eyes the hidden things I know.
I hold the keys of war and peace—
Think not, oh, Athens! scorn of me;
Lest on the unthinking fields of Greece
I set the wolves of slaughter free—
Lest the dread serpent in my soul
Think not, oh, Athens! scorn of me;
Lest on the unthinking fields of Greece
I set the wolves of slaughter free—
Lest the dread serpent in my soul
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