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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AJAX: TECMESSA'S APPEAL TO AJAX, by SOPHOCLES Poet's Biography First Line: Think on thy father in the vale of years Last Line: Is vile and worthless. | |||
Think on thy father in the vale of years, Think on thy aged mother, who with vows Incessant prays the Gods to send thee back Safe to thy native land: pity thy son, Without a father in his tender youth To form his mind, left to the unfriendly hands Of those who love him not: Alas! what woes Wilt thou bequeath to me and to thy child! I have no hope, no stay but thee alone. Thy hand destroyed my country, and my mother, Death snatched my father to the realms below; Deprived of thee what country will receive me, Or where shall I subsist? Thou art my all, My only safe-guard: do not, do not leave me! Nought so becomes a man as gratitude For goods received, and noble deeds are still The offspring of benevolence, whilst he With whom remembrance dies of blessings past Is vile and worthless. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ACHILLIS AMATORES: MELTING ICE by SOPHOCLES ACRISIUS: NIGHT FEAR by SOPHOCLES AEGEUS: WIND IN THE POPLARS by SOPHOCLES AJAX: BEFORE DEATH by SOPHOCLES AJAX: SPEECH OF AJAX [UNIVERSAL CHANGE] by SOPHOCLES ANTIGONE, SELECTION by SOPHOCLES ANTIGONE: BURIED ALIVE by SOPHOCLES ANTIGONE: THE LAST JOURNEY by SOPHOCLES |
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