Watch, Glaukos, Watch!
Heavy and light buckles the sea.
A cloud tall and straight
Has gathered on the Gyrean mountain-tops,
Forewarning of thunder, lightning, wind.
What we don't expect comes fearfully.
War, Glaukos, war.
(It's better to create than destroy what's unnecessary)
Friday, May 2, 2008
Fragment #50
Labels: Archilochos of Paros
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