'NEATH THIS TALL PINE
by: Plato
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 EATH this
tall pine,
- That to the zephyr sways and murmurs low,
- Mayst thou recline,
- While near thee cooling waters flow.
- This flute of mine
- Shall pipe the softest song it knows to sing,
- And to thy charmèd eyelids sleep will bring.
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This English translation, by Lilla
Cabot Perry, of "'Neath this Tall Pine" is reprinted
from Greek Poets in English Verse. Ed. William Hyde Appleton.
Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1893. |
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