FROM THE GREEK.
Eagle! why soarest thou above that tomb?
To what sublime and star-ypaven home
Floatest thou?--
I am the image of swift Plato's spirit,
Ascending heaven; Athens doth inherit
His corpse below.
Classic poem
Spirit of Plato
Public domain/Source
About this poem
- First line
- FROM THE GREEK.
- Poet
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Themes
- nature, death, hope, solitude
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