âŠsecond and third sketches of Oi elĂ©vtheroi poliorkimĂ©noi (âThe Free Besiegedâ; 1827â49)âwhich deals with the siege of Missolonghiâand O pĂłrfiras (1849; âThe Sharkâ), exhibit, even in their fragments, a sense of rhythm, a âcurious felicity,â and a melody of cadence not found in his juvenilia.
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