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FORGOTTEN by SAPPHO

First Line: DEAD SHALT THOU LIE; AND NOUGHT
Last Line: NO FRIENDLY SHADE THY SHADE SHALL COMPANY!
Subject(s): APHRODITE; DEATH; LOVE - EROTIC; LOVE; MYTHOLOGY - CLASSICAL; DEAD, THE;
'Thou shalt be - Nothing.' - OMAR KHAYYAM
'Tombless, with no remembrance.' - W. SHAKESPEARE

DEAD shalt thou lie; and nought
Be told of thee or thought,
For thou hast plucked not of the Muses' tree:
And even in Hades' halls
Amidst thy fellow-thralls
No friendly shade thy shade shall company!



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