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LEIPSYDRION by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "AH, LEIPSYDRION, THOU HAST BETRAYED THEM"
Last Line: STOUT FIGHTERS OF NO COMMON CLAY
Subject(s): BETRAYAL;SOLDIERS;

AH, leipsydrion, thou hast betrayed them,
These thy comrades. What men were they!
They showed of what their fathers made them,
Stout fighters of no common clay.



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