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LIGHT-FOOTED IPHICLUS by HESIOD

First Line: OVER THE SPIKES OF THE RIPENED CORN
Last Line: AND NEVER A GRAIN BE SPILT.

OVER the spikes of the ripened corn
Would he run, and they not wilt:
Over the wheaten ears would he race
And never a grain be spilt.



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