Wreathed in myrtle, my sword I'll conceal
Like those champions devoted and brave,
When they plunged in the tyrant their steel,
And to Athens deliverance gave.
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Echoing Songs! ! ! Beloved Heroes! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
Beloved heroes! your deathless souls roam In the joy breathing isles of the blest; Where the mighty of old have their home - Where Achilles and Diomed rest. a very fine poem. tony
This is a war song and the language is very appropriate for indicating what it does. It is an exigence poem on the theme of battle or fight.
I've read both the Illiad and the Odessy, and enjoyed them. Knowing the Greek tales this poem brings back what I read.
Beloved heroes! your deathless souls roam In the joy breathing isles of the blest; Where the mighty of old have their home - Where Achilles and Diomed rest. .....great and beautiful hymn and homage to the Aristogeiton And Harmodius; pleasure to read