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ERECHTHDEUS: OLD AGE by EURIPIDES

First Line: LET MY SPEAR LIE DOWN FOR THE SPIDER TO WEAVE ITS THREAD
Last Line: SWEET WORDS WHICH THE WISE HAVE SAID.
Subject(s): OLD AGE;
LET my spear lie down for the spider to weave its thread;
May Peace dwell with me at home when I grow old.
May I sing with garlands bound on my whitening head;
Let the pillared shrine of Pallas Athene hold
My buckler from Thrace, while in books I unfold
Sweet words which the wise have said.



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