That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
ON MILTIADES.
Miltiades! thy valor best
(Although in every region known)
The men of Persia can attest,
Taught by thyself at Marathon.
ON THE TOMB OF THEMISTOCLES.
By the sea’s margin, on the watery strand,
Thy monument, Themistocles, shall stand.
By this directed to thy native shore,