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A TOMB BY THE SEA by ASCLEPIADES OF SAMOS

First Line: EIGHT FATHOMS FROM ME STAY, UNQUIET SEAS
Last Line: NO TREASURE -- JUST A HEAP OF DUST AND BONES.
Subject(s): GRAVES; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES;
EIGHT fathoms from me stay, unquiet seas,
And boil and bluster noisy as you please.
Rend not my tomb; there lies beneath these stones
No treasure -- just a heap of dust and bones.



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