The ninth bent her knee in the heather, And kissed him full tender and true, Then vanished on high in the æther As angels invariably do. Up sprung the young dreamer and panted And sang in a measure sublime, And swung, like a creature enchanted, A twig of wild laurel in time. Then up came his friends 'mong the peasants And praised his good fortune that day, And led him with all his fine presents To Askra in festive array: And there all the wisest or rudest, Considered the matter in doubt, Until the Nomarchos as shrewdest To Böotia this sentence gave out. 'To him heaven opens a portal, No more at the flocks let him look. He is destined to be an immortal, Write poems--and publish a book.' They found him a rod neat and slender, In long garments they gave him to God; Then he wrote them the Farmer's Calénder, And Theogony too--Hesiod. MODERN GREEK. BY ATHANASIOS CHRISTOPOULOS. [Greek: Plouton den thelo Doxan den thelo Out' exousian Pote kammian.] [Greek: Den thelo gnosin Oute kan tosên hOs' ein tou phullou Ki hos' ein tou xulou.] [Greek: Toutes hê krues Ê phantasies hOso euphainoun Toso pikrainoun.] TRANSLATION. Reichthum und Ehre Nimmer ich 'gehre; Herrschaft und Würde; Wär mir nur Bürde. I never desire Wealth or fame to acquire Honour and station Were but vexation. And to be learned I'm no more concerned, Than in the thicket Are field-mouse and cricket. All those cold cheating Phantom forms fleeting, 'Stead of reviving, Are vexing and driving. MODERN GREEK. [Greek: Thelo eirênên Psuchês galênên Chorous eroton Trelais kai kroton.] [Greek: Thelo tragoudia, Kêpous, louloudia Kai choratadais 'Stais prasinadais.] [Greek: Touta latreuo Touta xêleuo K' heis tout' apano Thel 'na 'pothano.] TRANSLATION. To me be given The sweet peace of heaven, A heart quiet resting, Frolic and jesting! Dramas sweet ringing, Ball play and singing, Music entrancing, Wild whirling dancing! Such I require, Such I desire, Rose-crowned, so To the bier I would go! PUMPUS OF PERUSIA. Feucht hing die Sonne. Des Novembers Schauer ging Mit leisem Frösteln durch das Land Hetruria. _Anpumpen, to pump, is a German slang term for borrowing. Pumpus was the name of an Etruscan prince_.