Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 140
d his talons are bathed in the blood of his prey. 0, that Eagle of Freedom ! when cloud upon cloudSwathed the sky of my own native land with a shroud,When lightnings gleamed fiercely, and thunderbolts rung,How proud to the tempest those pinions were flung !Though the wild blast of battle rushed… … THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS (From The Persians, by Aischylos.)Translated By E. H. PLUMPTRE, D.D. When Xerxes came to the throne of Persia, remembering how his fatherDareios had sought to subdue the land of the Hellenes, and seeking to avengethe defeat of Datis and Artaphernes on the field of Marathon, he…
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