Homer ("Smyrns of Chios")

Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe,
Are lost on hearers that our merits know.

Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe,
Are lost on hearers that our merits know.

O friends, be men; so act that none may feel
Ashamed to meet the eyes of other men.
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O friends, be men; so act that none may feel
Ashamed to meet the eyes of other men.
Think each one of this children and his wife,
His home, his parents, living yet and dead.
For them, the absent ones, I supplicate,
And bid you rally here, and scorn to fly.

And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.

And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.

He serves me most who serves his country best.

He serves me most who serves his country best.

The first in glory, as the first in place.

The first in glory, as the first in place.