Homer ("Smyrns of Chios")

O friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong,
And let no warrior in the heat of fight
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O friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong,
And let no warrior in the heat of fight
Do what may bring him shame in others' eyes;
For more of those who shrink from shame are safe
Than fall in battle, while with those who flee
Is neither glory nor reprieve from death.

Shakes his ambroisal curls, and gives the nod,
The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god.

Shakes his ambroisal curls, and gives the nod,
The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god.

And better skilled in dark events to come.

And better skilled in dark events to come.

Content to follow when we lead the way.

Content to follow when we lead the way.

I live an idle burden to the ground.

I live an idle burden to the ground.