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O swift Phoenician ship of
Sidon
, dear to the surging waves, mother of the oar, leader of the lovely dancing
of dolphins, when the sea is clear of breezes and Ocean’s gray-green daughter, spirit of calm, says these words:
Spread your sails
1455
to the sea-breezes, as you go on your way, grasp your oars of pine, oh! sailors, sailors, speeding Helen on her way to the shore with good harbor, where once Perseus lived..
1460
O swift Phoenician ship of
Sidon
, dear to the surging waves, mother of the oar, leader of the lovely dancing
of dolphins, when the sea is clear of breezes and Ocean’s gray-green daughter, spirit of calm, says these words:
Spread your sails
1455
to the sea-breezes, as you go on your way, grasp your oars of pine, oh! sailors, sailors, speeding Helen on her way to the shore with good harbor, where once Perseus lived..
1460
Helen. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1906.
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