Sad as dern Eve to moody Mariner,
After a day of rain upon the Sea;
White-headed Cimon heard the Sentencer-
By you who ruled in Argos, once the free,
Death-doomed, though death on him was shading fast-
And, guarded, from the Demiurgi passed.
By party hate had Cimon been accused,
Of noble sentiments and angry speech,
On popular Authority abused,
That, where it ought to learn, presumed to teach:
And so the partial Judges sentence spake,
And him condemned unheard, for faction’s sake.
Stone-hearted men; whom nought to pity moved,
Nor age, nor rank, nor bearing bold yet meek:-
For what in other eyes made him beloved,
They hated him, and wore an iron cheek-
Though the stern Gaoler’s felt the big drops roll,
And hard of heart wept for the brave of soul:
For ag
(John Abraham Heraud)
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