Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Greece and Turkey in Europe: Vol. XIX. 1876–79. | | | Turkey in Europe, and the Principalities
Samothrace (Samothraki), the Island | | The Garden in Samothrace | | Nonnus of Panopolis (c. 4th/5th century) |
| | Translated by H. H. Milman
SUCH was that shady garden. Near flowed forth | |
| A fountain with two springs, whence all might draw | |
| Perennial waters cool; in many a rill | |
| Thence had the skilful gardener trained along | |
| From plant to plant the winding wandering stream. | 5 |
| As though by Phœbus sent, the gentle fount | |
| Went, softly murmuring round the laurel’s root. | |
| Each on his marble pedestal stood round | |
| Many a tall youth, all subtly wrought in gold; | |
| Each held a lamp, that threw its mellow light | 10 |
| O’er the evening banquet. Rows of mimic dogs | |
| Were scattered in the vestibule, and seemed | |
| With open mouths, though mute, to bay; each hound | |
| Of silver and of gold alternate stood, | |
| As on their master fawning. Each at once, | 15 |
| As Cadmus passed, appeared, with welcoming bay | |
| Harmonious, to salute the godlike man, | |
| And quiver with delight the unmoving tail. | | | | |
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