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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOST AT SEA, by SIMONIDES OF CEOS Poet's Biography
First Line: From sparta to apollo we
Last Line: And in one grave men laid us here.
Alternate Author Name(s): Simonides Of Keos
Subject(s): Disasters; Shipwrecks
First Line: From sparta to apollo we
Last Line: And in one grave men laid us here.
Alternate Author Name(s): Simonides Of Keos
Subject(s): Disasters; Shipwrecks
FROM Sparta to Apollo we
Sailed with the first-fruits of the year;
But one night wrecked us in one sea,
And in one grave men laid us here.
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