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THE TOMB OF CRETHON by LEONIDAS OF TARENTUM

First Line: I AM THE TOMB OF CRETHON; HERE YOU READ
Last Line: WITH LANDS, HOW NARROW NOW, HOW AMPLE THEN!
Subject(s): DEATH; GRAVES; DEAD, THE; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES;
I AM the tomb of Crethon; here you read
His name; himself is number'd with the dead;
Who once had wealth not less than Gyges' gold;
Who once was rich in stable, stall, and fold;
Who once was blest above all living men—
With lands, how narrow now, how ample then!



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