“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
―Philip Freneau
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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
Archilochus
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Astraea Bids Farewell to the Peasants
...after years of increasingly bitter disputes. Faire thee well, goddess Astraea!
Salvatore Rosa
"Jove means to settle
Astraea in her seat again,
And let down from his golden chain
An age of better metal."
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