Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Greece and Turkey in Europe: Vol. XIX. 1876–79. | | | | Greece: Athens | | Athens | | Aristophanes (c. 446–386 B.C.) |
| | Translated by J. B. Patterson
NYMPHS of the rain, | |
| Let us visit again | |
| The city by Pallas beloved, the home,— | |
| The populous home of choicest delights, | |
| Where for the appointed secret rites | 5 |
| From year to year the mystic dome | |
| Duly unfolds its hallowed portals; | |
| And gifts are there to the Powers Divine, | |
| And many a statue and lofty shrine, | |
| And pomps for all the blessed immortals; | 10 |
| Banquet and wreathy sacrifice | |
| Hallow each season as it flies; | |
| And ever, at the voice of spring, | |
| Bacchus his graceful mirth renews; | |
| Sweet choirs in strife melodious sing, | 15 |
| And all the festive echoes ring | |
| With thunders of the Scenic Muse. | | | | |
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