Homer ("Smyrns of Chios")

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.

Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!

Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!

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.

And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.

And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.

Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.

Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.