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EPIGRAM: SPIRIT OF PLATO by ANONYMOUS

First Line: EAGLE! WHY SOAREST THOU ABOVE THAT TOMB?
Last Line: ASCENDING HEAVEN; ATHENS DOTH INHERIT / HIS CORPSE BELOW
Subject(s): BIRDS;DEATH;EAGLES;PLATO (428-348 B.C.);SOUL; "DEAD, THE;"

Eagle! why soarest thou above that tomb?
To what sublime and star-ypaven home
Floatest thou?
I am the image of swift Plato's spirit,
Ascending heaven--Athens doth inherit
His corpse below.



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