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ll unsung. It was not so in Greece
especially in Athens. The whole city echoed with hymns in its praise
and the people wiled away their leisure in making little chants on the men who they fancied had given the
death-blow to tyranny. The scolia of Callistratus
beginning
I'll wreathe my sword in myrtle bow are well
known.
Few of the patriotic songs of the Greeks are extant
and it is probable that they were not so numerous as ours.
Institutions had a more powerful hold on them than localities. They were proud of themselves as Greeks
and
of their traditions; but wherever they wandered
they carried Greece with them
for they were part of Greece
themselves. Thus we may account for the absence of Greek songs expressive of longing for their native land
and of attachment to their native soil. We
on the other hand
have very many patriotic songs
full of that warm
enthusiasm which every Scotsman justly feels for his country
and containing frequently a much higher
estimate of ourselves and our position than other nations would reckon true or fair. In these songs
we are
exceedingly confined in our sympathies. The nationality is stronger than [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Published ccaahjth
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