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THE POET'S SHIELD by ARCHILOCHUS

First Line: A PERFECT SHIELD BEDECKS SOME THRACIAN NOW
Last Line: A NEW ONE'S JUST AS GOOD.
Subject(s): SHIELDS;
A PERFECT shield bedecks some Thracian now;
I had no choice: I left it in a wood.
Ah, well, I saved my skin, so let it go!
A new one's just as good.



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