Mythology & Folklore
Ajax
From A Poetical Rhapsody (1602), ed. A. H. Bullen (1890–91)
Mythology & Folklore
This sword is mine, or will Laertes' son
Win this as he Achilles' armour won?
This sword, which you, O Greeks, oft bathed have known
In Trojan blood, I'll now bathe in mine own.
This fearless breast, which all mine enemies fierce
Have left unpierced, now I myself will pierce.
So men shall say, Ajax to none did yield.
But Ajax' self; and Ajax Ajax killed.
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Davison, Francis. “Ajax.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davison/7/.
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Davison, Francis. “Ajax.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davison/7/.
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