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ORPHEUS by SIMONIDES OF CEOS

First Line: AND OVER HIS HEAD / BIRDS WITHOUT NUMBER ARE FLYING
Last Line: OUT OF THE DEEP BLUE WATERS WON BY THE TUNEFUL SOUND.
Subject(s): MYTHOLOGY - CLASSICAL; ORPHEUS;
And over his head
Birds without number are flying. Fishes leap around
Out of the deep blue waters won by the tuneful sound.


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