Homer ("Smyrns of Chios") ( 10 of 101 )
Achilles absent, was Achilles still.
Achilles absent, was Achilles still.
Fly, dotard, fly!
With thy wise dreams and fables of the sky.
Fly, dotard, fly!
With thy wise dreams and fables of the sky.
And better skilled in dark events to come.
And better skilled in dark events to come.
And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.
And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.
Strong are her sons, though rocky are her shores.
Strong are her sons, though rocky are her shores.
Praise me not too much,
Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks
Who know me.
Praise me not too much,
Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks
Who know me.
'Tis true; 'tis certain; man though dead retains
Part of himself; the immortal mind remains.
'Tis true; 'tis certain; man though dead retains
Part of himself; the immortal mind remains.
The windy satisfaction of the tongue.
The windy satisfaction of the tongue.
Just are the ways of heaven; from Heaven proceed
The woes of man: Heaven doom'd the Greeks to bleed.
Just are the ways of heaven; from Heaven proceed
The woes of man: Heaven doom'd the Greeks to bleed.
Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe,
Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe,
Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
