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ON A YOUNG BRIDE DROWNED IN THE BOSPHORUS by AGATHIAS SCHOLASTICUS

First Line: STRANGER! SHOULDST THOU TO THESSALY RETURN
Last Line: SO TO PRESERVE HIS YOUNG BRIDE'S MEMORY.
Subject(s): BOSPHORUS, STRAIT; DROWNING;
STRANGER! shouldst thou to Thessaly return.
Say to my heart's dear lord that here I lie,
Here, where the Bosphor's waves are foaming high,
And bid him near our bower my name inurn, --
So to preserve his young bride's memory.



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