Maxioms by Homer ("smyrns Of Chios")
Light is the task when many share the toil.
Light is the task when many share the toil.
Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends,
And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends;
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Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends,
And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends;
White are the decks with foam; the winds aloud
Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud:
Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears;
And instant death on every wave appears.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.
By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent,
And what to those we give, to Jove is lent.
By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent,
And what to those we give, to Jove is lent.
Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.
Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.
