You really can't imagine how I love the ancient Greeks.
I love the dancing language where their mobile spirit speaks.
I love the songs of Homer, flowing on like streams of light,
With a touch of human kindness in the splendid shock of fight.
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Oh, it's a poem, all right. It has a definite rhyme pattern (and a good one) .
It looks like part of the letter, introducing himself to somebody he met, caring about his opinion..