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THE LION OVER THE TOMB OF LEONIDAS by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "OF BEAST AM I, OF MEN WAS HE MOST BRAVE"
Last Line: "WHOSE BONES I GUARD, BESTRIDING THIS HIS GRAVE"
Subject(s): "DEATH;GRAVES;LEONIDAS, KING OF SPARTA (D. 480 B.C.);" "DEAD, THE;TOMBS;TOMBSTONES;"

OF beast am I, of men was he most brave
Whose bones I guard, bestriding this his grave.



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