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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TIME, by LEONIDAS OF TARENTUM Poet's Biography
First Line: Measureless time or ever thy years, o man, were reckon'd
Last Line: A flash, a point -- or less, if a lesser thing can be found.
Variant Title(s): On The Brevity Of Time
Subject(s): Time
First Line: Measureless time or ever thy years, o man, were reckon'd
Last Line: A flash, a point -- or less, if a lesser thing can be found.
Variant Title(s): On The Brevity Of Time
Subject(s): Time
MEASURELESS time or ever thy years, O man, were reckon'd;
Measureless time shall run over thee low in the ground.
And thy life between is -- what? The flick of a flying second,
A flash, a point -- or less, if a lesser thing can be found.
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