Nature
Fragment: From the Greek of Alcman
Translated by Thomas Campbell · From Translations, chiefly from the Greek
Nature
The mountain summits sleep: glens, cliffs, and caves
Are silent — all the black earth’s reptile brood,
The bees, the wild beasts of the mountain wood:
In depths beneath the dark red ocean’s waves
Its monsters rest, whilst, wrapt in bower and spray.
Each bird is hushed that stretched its pinions to the day.
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Campbell, Thomas. “Fragment: From the Greek of Alcman.” Translated by Thomas Campbell. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/campbell/123/.
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Campbell, Thomas. “Fragment: From the Greek of Alcman.” Translated by Thomas Campbell. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/campbell/123/.
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