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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IDYLL 9, by BION Poet's Biography
First Line: Yourself to artists always to betake
Last Line: The work is easy, if you will but try.
Subject(s): Art & Artists
First Line: Yourself to artists always to betake
Last Line: The work is easy, if you will but try.
Subject(s): Art & Artists
Yourself to artists always to betake,
And on yourself in nothing to rely
Is misbeseeming: friend! your own pipe make—
The work is easy, if you will but try.
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