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ERINNA by ANTIPATER OF SIDON

First Line: BRIEF IS ERINNA'S SONG, HER LOWLY LAY
Last Line: OF ROOKS IN THE APRIL SKY!
Subject(s): ERINNA (4TH CENTURY B.C.);
BRIEF is Erinna's song, her lowly lay,
Yet there the Muses sing;
Therefore her memory doth not pass away,
Hid by Night's shadowy wing!
But we, -- new countless poets, -- heaped and hurled
All in oblivion lie;
Better the swan's chant than a windy world
Of rooks in the April sky!



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