Lyrical Poems, 25 LXXXVI. In France, for instance, he would write a chanson; In England a six canto quarto tale; In Spain, he’d make a ballad or romance on The last war — much the same in Portugal; In Germany, the Pegasus he’d prance on Would be old Goethe’s — (see what says I)c Steel); In Italy he’d ape the „Trecentisti”; In Greece, he’d sing some sort of hymn like this t’ye. The Isles of Greece. The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, — Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set. The Scian and the Teian muse, The hero’s harp, the lover’s lute, Have found the fame your shores refuse; Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Than your sires’ „lslands of the Blest”. The mountains look on Marathon — And Marathon looks on the sea; 1 Frankrig, for Exempel kunde han skrive en Chanson; || I England, en sex Canto’s Verstortailling i Ouartt'ormat; || 1 Spanien kunde han gjore en Ballade cller Romance || Dm den sidste Krig — omtrent ligesaa i Portugal; || 1 Tydskland, den Pegasus han vilde spanke paa || Vilde blive gamle Goethes — (See hvad [Madame] de Stael siger;] || 1 llalien vilde lian efterabe ,,Trecentisterne” *) || 1 Gr«ekenland vilde han synge en eller anden Slags Hymne tor Jer lignende denne. Den grceske Dig ter s Sang. Graikenlands Oer, Graikenlands Oer! || Hvor den briendende Sappho elskcde og Sang || Hvor Krigs og Freds Konster voxte — || Hvor Delos reiste sig, og Phoebus blev til! || En evig Sommer forgylder dem endnu, || Men Alt und- tagen deres Sol er gaaet ned. Den Chiiske [Homer] og den Teiske [Ana- kreon] Muse, || Heltens Harpe, Elskerens Lul || Have fundct det Ry som eders Kyster forgegle (at'slaae); || Deres Fodested alene er stumt |l Mod Lyde som gjenlyde fjairnere Vest-psa jj End Eders Forfaidres Saliges-Oer. **) Bjairgene skue ned paa Marathon — || Og Marathon skuer ned paa Havel; || Oggrublende der en Time alene || Drijmte jeg at Graikenland j And musing there an hour alone, I dream’d that Greece might still be free; For standing on the Persian’s grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o’er sea-born Salamis; And ships, by thousands, lay below And men in nations; — all were his! lie counted them at break of day — And when the sun set where were they? And where are they? and where art thou, My country? On thy voiceless shore The heroic lay is tuneless now — The heroic bosom beats no more! And must thy lyre, so long divine, Degenerate into hands like mine? ’T is something, in the dearth of Fame, Though link’d among a fetter’d race, To feel at least a patriot’s shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face; For what is left the poet hefce? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o’er days more blest? Mustzoe but blush? — Our fathers bled. Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae! endnu kunde vaire fri;||Thi staaende paa Per- sernes Grav || Kunde jeg ikke ansee mig selv for en Trail. En Konge [Xerxes] sad paa det Klippe-Bryn || Som overskuer sofbdte Salamis; || Og Skibe i Tusindviis laae nedenfor || Og Maind i Nation- viis; — alle vare bans || Han talte dem i Dag- gry || Og inden Solen gik ned hvor vare de. Og hvor ere de og hvor er du || Mit Fiide- land? paa din slemmelose Kyst || Er Helte- qvadet tonelijst nu — || Helte-Barmen slaaer ej mere! || Og inaa din Lyra saalainge gud- dommelig || Nedvairdiges til saadanne Hainder som mine ? Det er vel noget, i [nairvairende] Dyrtid paa Haider, || Skjont lienket iblandt en i Fjaidder lagt Slaigt, || At foie i det mindste en Patriots Skamrodme, || Just i det jeg synger overspre- des mit Ansigt ; || Thi hvad er levnet Digteren her? || For Graikere en Rodine — for Graiken- land en Taare. Maa vi kun grjedc over mere lykkeligc Dage? || Maa vi kun rodme? — Vorc Faidre blodte. || Jord ! giv tilbage udaf dit Bryst || En Levning af vore Spartanske Diide! || Af de tre Hundrede tilsted kun tre, || For at skabe et nyt Thermopylai. ) Det 1-ide Aarhundreds Digtcre l llalien. paa Jorden som de Gamle kjendie. De laae **) NijGot Mci/taQMtiVj eller,,Insula Bea- uden tor Herkulis Sojler, og anlages at have torurn. De Saliges Oer, var det veslligste Sted | vairet De Canariske Oer.

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