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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WAY TO HADES, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: "straight is the downward journey, tho' it be"
Last Line: "one breeze blows fair to hades, one alone"
Subject(s): Hades
First Line: "straight is the downward journey, tho' it be"
Last Line: "one breeze blows fair to hades, one alone"
Subject(s): Hades
STRAIGHT is the downward journey, tho' it be
From Athens we descend, or Meroe.
If far from home I perished, make no moan.
One breeze blows fair to Hades, one alone.
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