William Johnson Cory (1823–1892), a master at Eton College, published Ionica privately in 1858 — a slim volume of verse steeped in Greek and Latin learning. The collection is best known for his translation of Callimachus’s elegy on Heraclitus (‘They told me, Heraclitus, they told me you were dead’), one of the most beloved short poems in the Victorian canon.
A work of quiet distinction and genuine feeling, Ionica rewards discovery. This free EPUB presents the complete collection cleanly formatted with poem titles and spacing preserved.