Maxioms by Homer ("smyrns Of Chios")
Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts.
Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts.
Without a sign his sword the brave man draws,
And asks no omen but his country's cause.
Without a sign his sword the brave man draws,
And asks no omen but his country's cause.
Grief tears his heart, and drives him to and fro,
In all the raging impotence of woe.
Grief tears his heart, and drives him to and fro,
In all the raging impotence of woe.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
Heav'd on Olympus tottering Ossa stood;
On Ossa, Pelion nods with all his wood.
Heav'd on Olympus tottering Ossa stood;
On Ossa, Pelion nods with all his wood.
