Anthologies 

A New Anthology of Modern Greek Literature (19th-20th century) 

 

Νιρβάνας, Παύλος

«Αττική»

ΑΤΤΙΚΗ

Δὲ σὲ σκεπάζει, ὦ Ἀττική, βαρειὰ χλαμύδα, ἐσένα
Τὸ δάσος τὸ βαθήσκιωτο. Γυμνὰ τὰ θεῖα σου μέλη,
Μαστοί, λαγόνες γλαφυρές, σφυρά, κάλλη γραμμένα.
Καὶ στάζει ἀπὸ τὰ χείλη σου τοῦ Ὑμηττοῦ τὸ μέλι.

Π. Νιρβάνας, Εκλεκταί Σελίδες: Ποιήματα, Αθήνα, Ελευθερουδάκης, 1922, σ. 21

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