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248 Rhode, Lemnos, Cnidos; Cyprian towns of fame,

Paphos and Soli, Salamis, dread name,

Whose mother-city wakes these doleful cries.

And to his will Ionia's towns he bent,

Well peopled by Hellenès, opulent;

And strength exhaustless his of mailed array,

Of allies too, a motley band;

But now, not dubiously, by God's own hand,

Smitten with mighty blow

Through naval overthrow,

Behold we former glories swept away.

Ah, wretched me, whom Fate

With most unlook'd-for blow

Hath smitten! With what hate

A God on Persia's race

Hath trampled! What dire woe

Is mine! Unhappy wight!