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36 There they stand, bringing grace that's vain.

For vain 't is, when brave things one seems to view;

The fantasy has floated off, hands through;

Gone, that appearance,—nowise left to creep,—

On wings, the servants in the paths of sleep!"

Woes, then, in household and on hearth, are such

As these—and woes surpassing these by much.

But not these only: everywhere—

For those who from the land

Of Hellas issued in a band,

Sorrow, the heart must bear,

Sits in the home of each, conspicuous there.

Many a circumstance, at least,

Touches the very breast.

For those