'NEATH THIS TALL PINE by: Plato - '
EATH this tall pine, - That to the zephyr sways and murmurs low,
- Mayst thou recline,
- While near thee cooling waters flow.
- This flute of mine
- Shall pipe the softest song it knows to sing,
- And to thy charmèd eyelids sleep will bring.
| This English translation, by Lilla Cabot Perry, of "'Neath this Tall Pine" is reprinted from Greek Poets in English Verse. Ed. William Hyde Appleton. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1893 | |