WHAT virtuous philosophic Greek,
Of whom mankind with rev’rence speak,
By poison doomed to die,
Rejects the favourable hour,
To thwart capricious faction’s power,
And nobly scorns to fly?
Tell me, I pray you, what surname
To Pallas fair, of martial fame,
In Egypt first was given:
And say what Roman prince, through fear
Of suffering by a death severe,
To suicide was driven.
Thus you’ll discern the source of light,
Which, in his Maker’s glory bright,
Throughout the seasons shines;
And know the power that bids him rise,
And run his journey through the skies,
To us our sphere assigns.
(Elizabeth Hitchener)
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