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THE CLINGING VINE by ANTIPATER OF SIDON

First Line: A VINE O'ER ME, A WITHERED PLANE, HATH GROWN
Last Line: WHOSE LOVE AROUND THEE, E'EN IN DEATH, MAY TWINE.
Subject(s): LOVE;

A vine o'er me, a withered plane, hath grown,
And shrouds my limbs with foliage not their own,
Grateful—because my boughs, once verdant, trained
Her tender shoots, her clustering grapes sustained.
So choose, fond boy, a partner like the vine,
Whose love around thee, e'en in death, may twine.



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