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TIMON'S EPITAPH by CALLIMACHUS

First Line: HERE LIE I, TIMON; WHO, ALIVE, ALL LIVING MEN DID HATE
Last Line: PASS BY, AND CURSE THY FILL; BUT PASS AND STAY NOT HERE THY GATE.
Subject(s): TIMON (5TH CENTURY B.C.);

HERE lie I, Timon; who, alive, all living men did hate:
Pass by, and curse thy fill; but pass and stay not here thy gate.



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