Phoebus who holdest the sheer steep of Leucas, far seen of mariners and washed by the Ionian Sea, receive of sailors this mess of hand-kneaded barley bread and a libation mingled in a little cup, and the gleam of a brief-shining lamp that drinks with half-saturate mouth from a sparing oil- flask; in recompense whereof be gracious, and send on their sails a favourable wind to run with them to the harbours of Actium.
Three Sea Prayers from the Greek Anthology
Song Cycle by (Herbert) Hamilton Harty, Sir (1879 - 1941)
3. To Apollo of Leucas  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945)
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Philippus of Thessalonica (flourished 1st century CE) [text unavailable]
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