Oh, ye condemned the ills of life to bear! As with advancing age your woes increase, What bliss amidst these solitudes to share The happy foretaste of eternal Peace, Till Heaven in mercy bids your pain and sorrows cease. [First published in the _Life of Lord Byron_, by the Hon. Roden Noel, London, 1890, pp. 206, 207.] LINES WRITTEN BENEATH A PICTURE.[15] 1. Dear object of defeated care! Though now of Love and thee bereft, To reconcile me with despair Thine image and my tears are left. 2. 'Tis said with Sorrow Time can cope; But this I feel can ne'er be true: For by the death-blow of my Hope My Memory immortal grew. _Athens, January_, 1811. [First published, _Childe Harold_, 1812 (4to).] TRANSLATION OF THE FAMOUS GREEK WAR SONG, "Δεῦτε παῖδες τῶν Ἑλλήνων." ["Deu~te pai~des tô~n E(llê/nôn."][16] Sons of the Greeks, arise! The glorious hour's gone forth, And, worthy of such ties, Display who gave us birth. CHORUS. Sons of Greeks! let us go In arms against the foe, Till their hated blood shall flow In a river past our feet. Then manfully despising The Turkish tyrant's yoke, Let your country see you rising, And all her chains are broke. Brave shades of chiefs and sages, Behold the coming strife! Hellénes of past ages, Oh, start again to life! At the sound of my trumpet, breaking Your sleep, oh, join with me! And the seven-hilled city[17] seeking, Fight, conquer, till we're free. Sons of Greeks, etc. Sparta, Sparta, why in slumbers Lethargic dost thou lie? Awake, and join thy numbers With Athens, old ally! Leonidas recalling, That chief of ancient song, Who saved ye once from falling, The terrible! the strong! Who made that bold diversion In old Thermopylæ, And warring with the Persian To keep his country free; With his three hundred waging The battle, long he stood, And like a lion raging, Expired in seas of blood. Sons of Greeks, etc. [First published, _Childe Harold_, 1812 (4to).] TRANSLATION OF THE ROMAIC SONG, "Μπένω μεσ' τὸ περιβόλι, Ὡραιοτάτη Χαηδή," κ.τ.λ. ["Mpe/nô mes' to\ peribo/li, Ô(raiota/tê Chaêdê/," k.t.l.][18]