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LOST AT SEA by SIMONIDES OF CEOS

First Line: FROM SPARTA TO APOLLO WE
Last Line: AND IN ONE GRAVE MEN LAID US HERE.
Subject(s): DISASTERS; SHIPWRECKS;
FROM Sparta to Apollo we
Sailed with the first-fruits of the year;
But one night wrecked us in one sea,
And in one grave men laid us here.



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