Returning home from Ilium <br /> After that long and wearing war <br /> Odysseus sailed toward Ithaca <br /> Hoping to heal the scars. <br /> <br /> Hungry, with hearts flagging <br /> He found where the Cyclops fed <br /> His men would eat Polyphemus' sheep <br /> But many were a meal instead. <br /> <br /> Heroically saving his men <br /> Odysseus sailed away <br /> Trapped by the daughter of Helios <br /> Drawn to virtues she would display. <br /> <br /> Told that he shouldn't <br /> By Circe his former host <br /> He listened to the Sirens <br /> Almost wrecked upon their coast. <br /> <br /> Home at last in Ithaca <br /> After ten years on the sea <br /> First he must dispatch the men <br /> Who coveted his Penelope. <br /> <br /> Disguised as a dirty beggar <br /> To learn what must be done <br /> He told his son Telemachus <br /> How to take action certain. <br /> <br /> With aid from his goddess Athena <br /> After all the princes had failed <br /> Godlike Odysseus strung his bow <br /> And with an arrow each impaled. <br /> <br /> Now his queen and son rejoice <br /> Their king whom they adore <br /> Will live a quiet, fruitful life <br /> On Ithaca's idyllic shore.<br /><br />hap rochelle<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-ode-to-odysseus/
