Homer: Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But, wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshop

Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But, wise through time, and narrativ — Homer

Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But, wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice, A bloodless race, that send a feeble voice.

Homer

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