Poems by Theognis of Megara

Pride and oppressive rule destroy'd the state
Of the Magnesians--Such was Smyrna's fate;
Smyrn...

While only I quaffed yonder secret spring,
'Twas clear and sweet to my imagining.
'Tis turbid ...

I envy not these sumptuous obsequies,
The stately car, the purple canopies;
Much better plea...

Now that in mid career, checking his force,
The bright sun pauses in his pride and force,
Le...

My brain grows dizzy, whirled and overthrown
With wine: my senses are no more my own.
The ceil...

The worldly-minded and the worldly wise,
In ignorance and arrogance, despise
All talents and ...