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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LEIPSYDRION, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: "ah, leipsydrion, thou hast betrayed them"
Last Line: Stout fighters of no common clay
Subject(s): Betrayal;soldiers
First Line: "ah, leipsydrion, thou hast betrayed them"
Last Line: Stout fighters of no common clay
Subject(s): Betrayal;soldiers
AH, leipsydrion, thou hast betrayed them,
These thy comrades. What men were they!
They showed of what their fathers made them,
Stout fighters of no common clay.
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