Thomas MacDonagh (Томас Макдона)
Of a Greek Poem
Crave no more that antique rapture Now in alien song to reach: Here uncouth you cannot capture Gracious truth of Attic speech. Utterly the flowers perish, Grace of Athens, Rome's renown, Giving but a dream to cherish Tangled in a laurel crown. I that splendour far pursuing Left unlit the lamps of home, And upon my quest went ruing That I found not Greece or Rome.
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