Erechtheus
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781443242844
Paperback|9781443242844
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Excerpt: ... thine meet only shadows of swift night, Dreams and dead thoughts of dead things; and the bed Thou strewedst, a sterile place for all time, strewn 920 For my sleep only, with its void sad sheets Shall vex thee, and the unfruitful coverlid For empty days reproach me dead, that leave No profit of my body, but am gone As one not worth being born to bear no seed, A sapless stock and branchless; yet thy womb Shall want not honour of me, that brought forth For all this people freedom, and for earth From the unborn city born out of my blood To light the face of all men evermore 930 Glory; but lay thou this to thy great heart Whereunder in the dark of birth conceived Mine unlit life lay girdled with the zone That bound thy bridal bosom; set this thought Against all edge of evil as a sword To beat back sorrow, that for all the world Thou brought'st me forth a saviour, who shall save Athens; for none but I from none but thee Shall take this death for garland; and the men Pg 55 Mine unknown children of unsounded years, 940 My sons unrisen shall rise up at thine hand, Sown of thy seed to bring forth seed to thee, And call thee most of all most fruitful found Blessed; but me too for my barren womb More than my sisters for their children born Shall these give honour, yea in scorn's own place Shall men set love and bring for mockery praise And thanks for curses; for the dry wild vine Scoffed at and cursed of all men that was I Shall shed them wine to make the world's heart warm, 950 That all eyes seeing may lighten, and all ears Hear and be kindled; such a draught to drink Shall be the blood that bids this dust bring forth, The chaliced life here spilt on this mine earth, Mine, my great father's mother; whom I pray Take me now gently, tenderly take home, And softly lay in his my cold chaste hand Who is called of men by my name, being of Gods Charged only and chosen to bring men under earth, And now must lead and stay me with his staff 960 A silent soul led of a...
| ISBN-13 | 9781443242844 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1443242845 |
| Weight | 0.14 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.08 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 32 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-07-01 |
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