III

by Edgar Allan Poe · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of Hymn to Aristogeiton and Harmodius

In fresh myrtle my blade I'll entwine,

Like Harmodius, the gallant and good,

When he made at the tutelar shrine

A libation of Tyranny's blood.

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