Filial Tribute, A; 1
If I have heard with wonder and delight
The verse of Homer, with triumphant chime
Breaking for ever on the shores of Time;
Have eyed, well pleased, the Theban eagle's flight;
Have watch'd the scenic vision of the blight
That vengeful track'd the Thyestéan crime;
Have dwelt, deep-rapt, on Plato's dreams sublime,
Or soberer wisdom of the Stagirite;
And listen'd, other music fallen mute,
To Thyrsis piping in the summer shade
By Arethusa's springs on oaten flute—
My mother! thy laborious widow'd days
Have won for me these boons—ah! ill repaid
By this my heartfelt, but too tardy, praise.
The verse of Homer, with triumphant chime
Breaking for ever on the shores of Time;
Have eyed, well pleased, the Theban eagle's flight;
Have watch'd the scenic vision of the blight
That vengeful track'd the Thyestéan crime;
Have dwelt, deep-rapt, on Plato's dreams sublime,
Or soberer wisdom of the Stagirite;
And listen'd, other music fallen mute,
To Thyrsis piping in the summer shade
By Arethusa's springs on oaten flute—
My mother! thy laborious widow'd days
Have won for me these boons—ah! ill repaid
By this my heartfelt, but too tardy, praise.
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