Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Greece and Turkey in Europe: Vol. XIX. 1876–79. | | | | Greece: Delos, the Island | | Delos | | Virgil (70–19 B.C.) |
| | (From Æneid) Translated by C. P. Cranch
AMID the sea there lies a lovely isle, | |
| Sacred to Doris, mother of the nymphs | |
| Of ocean, and Ægean Neptune. This, | |
| Once floating round the shores, Apollo bound | |
| Fast to Gyaros and to Myconos, | 5 |
| And bade it stay unmoved, and scorn the winds. | |
| Hither I sail. This pleasant isle receives | |
| Within its port the weary voyagers. | |
| Landing, we hail with praise Apollo’s seat. | |
| King Anius, Phœbus’ priest and king in one, | 10 |
| His temples bound with fillets and with bays, | |
| Meets us, and knows Anchises his old friend. | |
| Then hands are grasped, with hospitable cheer, | |
| Under his roof. | | | | |
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