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Leonidas of Alexandria

From the Greek by Robert Bland

CLING to thy home! if there the meanest shed

Yield thee a hearth and shelter for thy head,

And some poor plot, with vegetables stored,

Be all that Heaven allots thee for thy board,—

Unsavory bread, and herbs that scattered grow

Wild on the river brink or mountain brow,

Yet e’en this cheerless mansion shall provide

More heart’s repose than all the world beside.