THEIR HEROIC LESSON.[LEARNED FROM HOMER.[1]]
I let the sun stand still, this lonesome day,
And hardly heard the very baby coo,
(Meanwhile the world went on—the other way!)
That I might watch the siege of Troy with you.
And hardly heard the very baby coo,
(Meanwhile the world went on—the other way!)
That I might watch the siege of Troy with you.
The great Achilles (whom we knew) was there—
His shining shield was what we knew him by;
And Hector with his plume of horse's hair
Frightened his child and laughed to hear it cry.
His shining shield was what we knew him by;
And Hector with his plume of horse's hair
Frightened his child and laughed to hear it cry.
Poor Hector! Never sorrow for the dead,
In these three thousand piteous after years,
Breathed into sweeter words than Helen said
Beside him, through the dropping of her tears.
In these three thousand piteous after years,
Breathed into sweeter words than Helen said
Beside him, through the dropping of her tears.
We grieved with Priam for his gracious son.
Much-wandering Ulysses with his craft
Cheated us through strange seas—and every one
Came straight to grief with him upon his raft.
Much-wandering Ulysses with his craft
Cheated us through strange seas—and every one
Came straight to grief with him upon his raft.
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- ↑ Stories from Homer, by Rev. Alfred J. Church.
