Rugged hills and deep-cleft valleys,
Here and there a golden village,
Far below, the olive gardens,
And beyond them, blue as turquoise,
Lay the sunny Gulf of Corinth.
And all Tiadatha’s comrades
Murmured “Oh, by Jove, how lovely!”
“Take it all,” said Tiadatha,
“Take it all and more beside it.
I would give you every mountain,