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LINES [WRITTEN] IN THE TRAVELLER'S BOOK AT ORCHOMENUS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON

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First Line: THE MODEST BARD, LIKE MANY A BARD UNKNOWN
Last Line: HIS NAME WOULD BRING MORE CREDIT THAN HIS VERSE.
Subject(s): ATHENS, GREECE; POETRY & POETS;
(INSERTED BY LORD BYRON BENEATH THE ANONYMOUS INSCRIPTION)

THE modest bard, like many a bard unknown,
Rhymes on our names, but wisely hides his own;
But yet, whoe'er he be, to say no worse,
His name would bring more credit than his verse.






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