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 | The complete poetical works of Oliver Wendell Holmes |  |
On Ida's summit flames the kindling pile,
And Lemnos answers from his rocky isle;
From Athos next it climbs the reddening skies,
Thence where the watch-towers of Macistus rise.
The sentries of Mesapius in their turn
Bid the dry heath in high-piled masses burn,
Cithœron's crag the crimson billows stain,
Far Ægiplanctus joins the fiery train.
Thus the swift courier through the pathless night
Has gained at length the Arachnœan height,
Whence the glad tidings, borne on wings of flame,
“Ilium has fallen!” reach the royal dame.
And Lemnos answers from his rocky isle;
From Athos next it climbs the reddening skies,
Thence where the watch-towers of Macistus rise.
The sentries of Mesapius in their turn
Bid the dry heath in high-piled masses burn,
Cithœron's crag the crimson billows stain,
Far Ægiplanctus joins the fiery train.
Thus the swift courier through the pathless night
Has gained at length the Arachnœan height,
Whence the glad tidings, borne on wings of flame,
“Ilium has fallen!” reach the royal dame.
| The complete poetical works of Oliver Wendell Holmes | |