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A SMALL CITY ON A ROCK by PHOCYLIDES

First Line: THIS ALSO SAID PHOCYLIDES: / A TINY ROCK-BUILT CITADEL
Last Line: THAN ALL YOUR FRANTIC NINEVEHS.

THIS also said Phocylides:
A tiny rock-built citadel
Is finer far, if ordered well,
Than all your frantic Ninevehs.



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