The State

A poem by Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BC)

What constitutes a State?

Not high-raised battlement, or labored mound,

Thick wall or moated gate;

Not cities fair, with spires and turrets crown’d;

No:–Men, high-minded men,

With powers as far above dull brutes endued

In forest, brake or den,

As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude:–

Men who their duties know,

But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain;

Prevent the long-aimed blow,

And crush the tyrant, while they rend the chain.

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