Maxioms by Homer ("smyrns Of Chios")
Few sons attain the praise
Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.
Few sons attain the praise
Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace.
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 for our country 'tis a bliss to die.
And for our country 'tis a bliss to die.
A generous heart repairs a slanderous tongue.
A generous heart repairs a slanderous tongue.
Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.
Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.
