First Line: THE MODEST BARD, LIKE MANY A BARD UNKNOWN Last Line: HIS NAME WOULD BRING MORE CREDIT THAN HIS VERSE. Subject(s): ATHENS, GREECE; POETRY & POETS;
(INSERTED BY LORD BYRON BENEATH THE ANONYMOUS INSCRIPTION)
THE modest bard, like many a bard unknown, Rhymes on our names, but wisely hides his own; But yet, whoe'er he be, to say no worse, His name would bring more credit than his verse.
