WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

I now dedicate, with equal affection, reverence, and regret, A poem
inscribed to him while yet alive in words which are now retained
because they were laid before him; and to which, rather than Cancel
them, I have added such others as were evoked by the news of his death: 
That though losing the pleasure I may not lose the honour of inscribing
in front of my work the highest of contemporary names.

  oixeo de Boreethen apotropos’ alla se Numphai
    egagon aspasian edupnooi kath’ ala,
  plerousai melitos theothen stoma, me ti Poseidon
    blapsei, en osin exon sen meligerun opa.
  toios aoidos ephus:  emeis d’ eti klaiomen, oi sou
    deuometh’ oixomenou, kai se pothoumen aei.
  eipe de Pieridon tis anastrephtheisa pros allen: 
    elthen, idou, panton philtatos elthe broton,
  stemmata drepsamenos neothelea xersi geraiais,
    kai polion daphnais amphekalupse kara, 10
  edu ti Sikelikais epi pektisin, edu ti xordais,
    aisomenos:  pollen gar meteballe luran,
  pollaki d’ en bessaisi kathemenon euren Apollon,
    anthesi d’ estepsen, terpna d’ edoke legein,
  Pana t’ aeimneston te Pitun Koruthon te dusedron,
    en t’ ephilese thean thnetos Amadruada: 
  pontou d’ en megaroisin ekoimise Kumodameian,
    ten t’ Agamemnonian paid’ apedoke patri,
  pros d’ ierous Delphous theoplekton epempsen Oresten,
    teiromenon stugerais entha kai entha theais. 20

  oixeo de kai aneuthe philon kai aneuthen aoides,
    drepsomenos malakes anthea Persephones.
  oixeo:  kouk et’ esei, kouk au pote soi paredoumai
    azomenos, xeiron xersi thigon osiais: 
  nun d’ au mnesamenon glukupikros upeluthen aidos,
    oia tuxon oiou pros sethen oios exo: 
  oupote sois, geron, omma philois philon ommasi terpso,
    ses, geron, apsamenos, philtate, dechiteras.
  e psaphara konis, e psapharos bios esti:  ti touton
    meion ephemerion; ou konis alla bios. 10
  alla moi eduteros ge peleis polu ton et’ eonton,
    epleo gar:  soi men tauta thanonti phero,
  paura men, all’ apo keros etetuma:  med’ apotrephtheis,
    pros de balon eti nun esuxon omma dexou.
  ou gar exo, mega de ti thelon, sethen achia dounai,
    thaptomenou per apon:  ou gar enestin emoi: 
  oude melikretou parexein ganos :  ei gar eneie
    kai se xeroin psausai kai se pot’ authis idein,