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EPIGRAM: SPIRIT OF PLATO, by                    
First Line: Eagle! Why soarest thou above that tomb?
Last Line: Ascending heaven; athens doth inherit / his corpse below
Variant Title(s): Plato's Tomb
Subject(s): Birds;death;eagles;plato (428-348 B.c.);soul; "dead, The;


Eagle! why soarest thou above that tomb?
To what sublime and star-ypaven home
Floatest thou?
I am the image of swift Plato's spirit,
Ascending heaven--Athens doth inherit
His corpse below.





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