They seek, are sought; to daily battle led, Shrink not, though far outnumbered by their Foes, For they have learnt to open and to close The ridges of grim war; and at their head Are captains such as erst their country bred Or fostered, self-supported chiefs, -- like those Whom hardy Rome was fearful to oppose; Whose desperate shock the Carthaginian fled. In One who lived unknown a shepherd's life Redoubted Viriathus breathes again; And Mina, nourished in the studious shade, With that great Leader vies, who, sick of strife And bloodshed, longed in quiet to be laid In some green island of the western main. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MAN CHILD IS BORN (1839) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS BOOTH'S PHILIPPI by EDGAR LEE MASTERS TRULY GREAT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES IN THE GARDEN (1) by EMILY DICKINSON REVELRY OF THE DYING by BARTHOLOMEW DOWLING AFTER A VISIT by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THOREAU'S FLUTE by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT THE IMPROVISATORE: THE INDUCTION TO THE THIRD FYTTE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |