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First Line: Wind gently, ivy, o'er the tomb
Last Line: With graces and the muses nine.
Alternate Author Name(s): Simmias Of Thebes
Subject(s): Graves; Sophocles (496-406 B.c.); Tombs; Tombstones


WIND gently, ivy, o'er the tomb,
Gently, where Sophocles is laid;
Lend thy green tresses for a shade;
Rose-petals all about him bloom:

Twine thy lithe tendrils, gadding vine,
To praise the cunning of his tongue,
The notes in honeyed concert sung
With Graces and the Muses nine.





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