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XXXII.]
ON THE DEATH OK TZELEPES.
133
" Stand on thy feet O Tzelepes,
That we the assault may push:
Perhaps the Moslems e'en may dare
From out the house to rush."
The Christians went and buried him
At Sfakia's chief town,
Because e'en sweet as violet's flower
Was Tzelepes' renown.
At length the Moslems ventured forth
As evening's shades drew near,
Nor knew they that the Tzelepes
Was stretched upon his bier.
* * *
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CtWO TO (TTTrjdl Ol TovptiOl.
KO.\ 7rctyovif vet TOVl da\j/ovvi
<ttwv ^.(pamavaiv Ttjv \iipa
tiaTi tuv eKeyav T^eXeirri,
kol) y\tov Kat toVctV rj {3toAa.
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07TMS 61WJI <TTO TO TUflTTOVTl.
opi^ui is of very common occurrence in the language of Crete, but is not
sed, as far as I am aware, in any other part of Greece or Turkey.
ON THE DEATH OK TZELEPES.
133
" Stand on thy feet O Tzelepes,
That we the assault may push:
Perhaps the Moslems e'en may dare
From out the house to rush."
The Christians went and buried him
At Sfakia's chief town,
Because e'en sweet as violet's flower
Was Tzelepes' renown.
At length the Moslems ventured forth
As evening's shades drew near,
Nor knew they that the Tzelepes
Was stretched upon his bier.
* * *
va KCifauifj-ev <yepov&t,
€fX7ropeTO va iropt<Tov<ji
CtWO TO (TTTrjdl Ol TovptiOl.
KO.\ 7rctyovif vet TOVl da\j/ovvi
<ttwv ^.(pamavaiv Ttjv \iipa
tiaTi tuv eKeyav T^eXeirri,
kol) y\tov Kat toVctV rj {3toAa.
Ka\ dpyd dadv cfxoviiae
irop't^ovvi tta\ ol TovpKoi
oev 'tjevpovvi tov T^eXenr;
07TMS 61WJI <TTO TO TUflTTOVTl.
opi^ui is of very common occurrence in the language of Crete, but is not
sed, as far as I am aware, in any other part of Greece or Turkey.