Maxioms by Homer ("smyrns Of Chios")
Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods.
Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods.
Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!
Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!
The long historian of my country's woes.
The long historian of my country's woes.
And for our country 'tis a bliss to die.
And for our country 'tis a bliss to die.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.
