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THE POET'S FRIEND by SIMONIDES OF CEOS

First Line: THIS IS THE GRAVE OF FAMED MEGISTIAS, WHOM
Last Line: OF SPARTA'S LEADERS, THOUGH THAT DOOM HE KNEW.
Subject(s): GRAVES; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES;
THIS is the grave of famed Megistias, whom
Beside Spercheius' stream the Persian slew:
A seer he, who dared to share the doom
Of Sparta's leaders, though that doom he knew.



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