English Poetry. Thomas MacDonagh. Of a Greek Poem. Томас Макдона.

Thomas MacDonagh (Томас Макдона)

Of a Greek Poem

Crave no more that antique rapture
Now in alien song to reach:
Here uncouth you cannot capture
Gracious truth of Attic speech.

Utterly the flowers perish,
Grace of Athens, Rome's renown,
Giving but a dream to cherish
Tangled in a laurel crown.

I that splendour far pursuing
Left unlit the lamps of home,
And upon my quest went ruing
That I found not Greece or Rome.

Thomas MacDonagh’s other poems:

1. To James Clarence Mangan
2. Isn’t It Pleasant for the Little Birds
3. A Woman
4. Dublin Tramcars
5. Of the Man of My First Play

To the dedicated English version of this website

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