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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PLATAEA: THE SPARTAN MONUMENT, by SIMONIDES OF CEOS Poet's Biography First Line: Into the dark death cloud they passed, to set Last Line: Into the splendour from the night beneath. Alternate Author Name(s): Simonides Of Keos Subject(s): Monuments; Plataea, Greece; Laspi | |||
INTO the dark death cloud they passed, to set Fame on their own dear land for fadeless wreath, And dying died not. Valour lifts them yet Into the splendour from the night beneath. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TOMBS OF PLATAEA by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS ARISTODEMUS AT PLATAEA by JOHN RUSKIN PLATAEA: THE ATHENIAN MONUMENT by SIMONIDES OF CEOS THE LAMENTATION OF DANAE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS THERMOPYLAE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS A CRETAN MERCHANT by SIMONIDES OF CEOS A FRIEND'S GRAVE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS ARCHEDIKE by SIMONIDES OF CEOS |
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