Journal of a tour in the principalities, Crimea, and countries adjacent to the Black sea, in 1835-36 |
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Page 36 - Panthus, and Hicetaon, once the strong; And next, the wisest of the reverend throng. Antenor grave, and sage Ucalegon, Lean'd on the walls and bask'd before the sun: Chiefs, who no more in bloody fights engage, But wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer days, like grasshoppers rejoice, A bloodless race, that send a feeble voice.