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RHIZOTOMI: HECATE by SOPHOCLES

First Line: SUN, LORD AND MASTER, AND SACRED FLAME
Last Line: OR WITH TWISTING COILS OF A SAVAGE SNAKE.

SUN, Lord and Master, and sacred flame,
Sword that Hecate shakes in her hands,
Whether among the streets she stands,
Or through the sky on her chariot rides,
Or shrined on earth takes her holy name
From the crossways where the road divides,
Crowned with leaves from the oaken brake
Or with twisting coils of a savage snake.



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