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TYMPANISTAE: SUAVE MARI MAGNO by SOPHOCLES

First Line: CAN OUT-JOY THIS -- TO REACH THE LAND -- AND THEN
Last Line: THE RAINDROPS PATTERING ON THE ROOF OUTSIDE!
Subject(s): HAPPINESS; JOY; DELIGHT;

Ah, what joy
Can out-joy this -- to reach the land -- and then
Safe lodged, with happy drowsing sense to hear
The raindrops pattering on the roof outside!



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