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THE GOLDEN MEAN by ANACREON

First Line: NO AMALTHEA'S HORN FOR ME / RICHES I DISDAIN
Last Line: AND HALF AS LONG AGAIN.

NO Amalthea's horn for me!
Riches I disdain;
Nor in Tarshish would I be,
To king it for a century
And half as long again.



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