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by Edgar Allan Poe

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Poems of Youth

Hymn (Translation from the Greek)

Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodius

IWreathed 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.
IIBeloved 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.
IIIIn fresh myrtle my blade I’ll entwine,
Like Harmodius, the gallant and good,
When he made at the tutelar shrine
A libation of Tyranny’s blood.
IVYe deliverers of Athens from shame!
Ye avengers of Liberty’s wrongs!
Endless ages shall cherish your fame,
Embalmed in their echoing songs!

1827


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American Literature – American Poetry – Edgar Allan Poe – Poems of Later Life – Poems of Manhood – Poems of Youth – Doubtful Poems – Prose Poems

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