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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PHRIXUS: WHAT IS LIFE?, by EURIPIDES Poet's Biography
First Line: Who knows if that be life which we call death
Last Line: They grieve no more and have no sorrow then.
Subject(s): Life
First Line: Who knows if that be life which we call death
Last Line: They grieve no more and have no sorrow then.
Subject(s): Life
WHO knows if that be life which we call death,
And life be dying? -- save alone that men
Living bear grief, but when they yield their breath
They grieve no more and have no sorrow then.
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