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Marco Botzaris at Carpenissi
an ode
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As many exasperated lions, when hunger
excite their irresistible anger, in their
fierce & furious breast, rushes to tear a
folk of sheep.
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So Marco, breathing liberty, at Carpenissi
a city of Atolia, with undaunted spirit
& unheard of bravery, destroys all the
army of the Turks.
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"Forward brave & invincible Suliotes
"Botzaris said, let us fall with courage,
"on our enemy, intrepid soldiers, for
"we have always beat the barbarians in battle.
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"We have made the glorious the: a: lofty mountains
"of Suli at the beautiful Hesprotia,
"having fought bravely against Ali the impious
"tyrant, & against all Tyranny.
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"The valleys of Phanary(x) (x) the valley watered by Acheron the river, & the lake Acherusia. proclaim
"our exploits as well as the great Acheloüs,
"so that all the world is astonished in
"hearing them in South & North, Eastern
& Western.
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"We alone, & the brave inhabitants
of the soil of Carga, have not desired
"the insults of the savage Musulmen,
"neither the yoke of the bad & most impious
"tyrants, nor their injustice.
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"but now again the hour of glory
"came, to vindicate ourselves against
"the barbarous Turks; all we Greeks think
"now of the same thing, to expel from
Greece the hordes of the Tartars.
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"And so, in this divine land, where
"Mars, the Muses, Callas & Apollo had
"their home, to brink again that good fair
"independence as Solon has decreed.
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"Now the ghosts of our forefathers cry
"aloud, saing, wash, children, the
"blood with blood, show yourselves
"worthy of your brave ancestors &
"be inspired with the spirit of freedom.
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So he said; & he first before all others
pushes on impetuously & runs on the hordes
of the sultan; & as worthy descendant
from the great Heroes stains & breaks
all the army of the tyrant.
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The Night was evening in the middle
of the {etherial heavenly} road, & a deep tranquility
prevailed in all the world,
when with a tremendous voice he
cryes "Success to Liberty!
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"Let us impetuously run on the multitude
"of our enemy, nothing remains
"to us, but either death or victory."
He runs like Mars, & with open
breast he enters the camp &
as when divine vengeance.
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Fall in the middle of ill-doers
to punish their wicked actions, & the
dead bodies of these malicious men
fall one upon another sacrifice
of their impiety;
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So Marco & his fellow-Soldiers, the
warlike Suliotes, with their sword unsheathed
push on to the tent of
the Vezier, & the blood of the slained
Turks was running as a torrent,
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And then Betzaris grasps from the
breast the chief of the tyrant, he
pulls him down, & with rage he
slains him, & so he treads on the
ostentation of the Sultan.
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