THE Greeks narrate that Zeno Cypriote -- Ger-Baal ben Manasseh, Lord of Truth -- Twixt Citium and Athens, in his youth Trading in Tyrian purple, plied his boat. Still in the Porch and Grove the Athenians quote The lean Phoenician merchant, swart, uncouth, Who stopped to read beside the copyist's booth, And left his cargo twenty years afloat! He was the first who said to Man: "Renounce. Follow thy soul: thou hast no other claim; And yield to Fate as lambs to the eagle's pounce. "Do right. Fear nothing, deeming all the same." Yet not for that we heap his tomb with crowns. But, Duty, he was first to breathe thy name! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VOICES OF THE NIGHT: PRELUDE by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW NATURAL HISTORY by MOTHER GOOSE SEASONS (1) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI PORTRAIT OF A LADY by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS RELEASE by GLADYS NAOMI ARNOLD STANZAS ADDRESSED TO PERCY BYSSHE SHELLY by BERNARD BARTON |