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THE ATHENIAN DEAD by SIMONIDES OF CEOS

First Line: ON DIRPHY'S WRINKLED SIDE WE FELL
Last Line: THAT DARKENED ALL OUR DAY.
Subject(s): WAR;

ON Dirphys' wrinkled side we fell;
And where the Narrow Waters drift
Our countrymen, to mark us well,
Raised up this cairn, their gift.

A gift deserved; for youth is sweet,
And youth we gave, nor turned away,
Though sharp the storm of battle beat
That darkened all our day.



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