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SLEEP by ALCMAN

First Line: PEAK, AND CHASM ALSO, SLEEP, THE CLIFF TOO
Last Line: EVEN IN FLIGHT THE GREAT-WINGED BIRDS OF OMEN, SLEEP

Poem Sources:

DANCES FOR FLUTE & THUNDER: PRAISES, PRAYERS AND INSULTS; POEMS FROM THE ANCIENT GREEK.
  HAXTON, BROOKS (TR.)
  (1999)
 



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