Greeks
Gamaliel Bradford 1863 (Boston, Massachusetts) – 1932
You really can't imagine how I love the ancient Greeks.
I love the dancing language where their mobile spirit speaks.
I love the songs of Homer, flowing on like streams of light,
With a touch of human kindness in the splendid shock of fight.
I love the Alexandrians whose inimitable grace
Filled the world with piping shepherds, though a far from piping place.
But my chief delight, like Arnold's, is the glory of the nine, Passion, laughter, deathless beauty, on the Attic stage divine.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Scheme | AABB CCX |
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Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 490 |
Words | 86 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3 |
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