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DICING by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS

First Line: IT'S SPORT FOR GENTLEMEN, BUT RAGE AND PAIN
Last Line: BUT LEARN TO GIVE EACH HOUR WHAT FITS IT BEST.
Subject(s): DICE; GAMES; RECREATION; PASTIMES; AMUSEMENTS;
IT'S sport for gentlemen, but rage and pain
And loss self-sought for them who fail in poise;
If you come last, from blasphemy refrain
And don't boil over with a snorting noise;
Toil not o'er toys nor with your duty jest,
But learn to give each hour what fits it best.



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