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LINES [WRITTEN] IN THE TRAVELLER'S BOOK AT ORCHOMENUS by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "FAIR ALBION, SMILING, SEES HER SON DEPART"
Last Line: "HE COMES TO ATHENS, AND HE WRITES HIS NAME"
Subject(s): "ATHENS, GREECE;"
'FAIR Albion, smiling, sees her son depart
To trace the birth and nursery of art:
Noble his object, glorious is his aim;
He comes to Athens, and he writes his name.'



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