The deepest passion in her, the patriotism of the soul, is all but broken-hearted.

Yet, she is the life and support of all who are with her; even a certain gladness breaks forth in her, and she secures for all posterity the intellectual record of Athenian life and the images, wrought to vitality, of some of the greater men of Athens.

So we possess her completely.

Her life, her soul, its growth and strength, are laid before us.

To follow her through these two poems is to follow their poetry.