Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Italy: Vols. XI–XIII. 1876–79. | | | | Thrasimene, the Lake | | Thrasymene | | John Nichol (1833–1894) |
| | (From Hannibal: A Historical Drama. Act II, Scene VI) |
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HANNIBAL. Let the valleys ring | |
| With triumph and with terror, all is ours. | |
| Here in the earth their swords have made their own, | |
| Bury our officers with solemn rites; | |
| And, while the tears of Carthage and of Spain | 5 |
| Mourn brave Zacantho, and brave Acron, dead, | |
| We keep their memories. | |
| SOSILUS. While their bodies rust | |
| And grow incorporate with Italian soil, | |
| Let the gray olives glisten, vineyards shed | 10 |
| The grape above their tombs; let evening waves | |
| Murmur their dirges in the waning light, | |
| And morning suns of many centuries | |
| Recall their glory. Here shall shepherds tell | |
| To passing travellers, when we are dust, | 15 |
| How, by the shores of reedy Thrasymene, | |
| We fought and conquered, while the earthquake shook | |
| The walls of Rome. | | | |
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