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Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833

Note 6 — JOURNAL

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There, on the green and village cotted hill, is (Flank'd by the Hellespont, and by the sea,) Entombed the bravest of the brave—Achilles,— They say so—(Bryant says the contrary); And further downward, tall and towering still, is The tumulus—of whom? Heaven knows: 't may be Patroclus, Ajax, or Protesilaus,— All heroes, who, if living still, would slay us.

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