Poetic-Verses from ATHANASE
SLEEP, SLEEP MY PRINCE OF AMPHISE
Sleep, sleep, my Prince of Amphise, on the bronze frieze
where Phidias chiselled your munificent body
and may the gentle hand of the brilliant air
tirelessly caress your Elysian dream.
 
  Translated by Norton Hodges
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