History & Politics
Ant. 1
From Songs Before Sunrise
History & Politics
But now, close-clad with peace,
While war lays hand on Greece,
The kingdoms and their kings stand by to see;
“Aha, we are strong,” they say,
“We are sure, we are well,” even they;
“And if we serve, what ails ye to be free?
We are warm, clothed round with peace and shame;
But ye lie dead and naked, dying for a name.”
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MLA
Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Ant. 1.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/601/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “Ant. 1.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/601/.
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