The Remains of Hesiod the Ascræan, Including the Shield of Hercules / Translated into English rhyme and blank verse; with a dissertation on the life and æra, the poems and mythology of Hesiod, and copious notes.

by Hesiod

“Oh Jove august! not darkly hast thou said:

Nor know we not how excellent thou art

In counsel and in knowledge: thou hast been

Deliverer of immortals from a curse

Of horror: by thy wisdom have we risen,

Oh kingly son of Saturn! from dark gloom

And bitter bonds, unhoping of relief.

Then with persisting spirit and device

Of prudent warfare, shall we still assert

Thy empire midst the fearful fray, and still