The War Hercules

Under Mount Œta
The blue Artemisium,
Flanked about with huge crags,
Stilled its wild winter drum,--
The sun turned aside,
The sea nestled in calm,
Zeus's wisdom of calm,--
Rude Hercules died!

A wine-glass of azure
From the breast of the bay,
Caught up by the sun,
Smiled on by the sun,--
Hope's halcyon ray!
Kiss of love for a bride,
Kiss of peace and of calm,
Zeus's wisdom of calm,--
Wild Hercules died!

A nest and a home
On the wintry sea,
On the blue Artemise,
In the rough country,
Heaven set in the azure tide!
The sea nestled in calm,
Zeus's wisdom of calm,--
Fierce Hercules died!

O halcyon of rest,
Sweet azure of peace,
Brood thy sky-tinted eggs,
Fill the world with increase--
On the sea's bosom ride!
Now it nestles to calm,
Zeus's wisdom of calm,--
Mad Hercules died!