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THE TURN OF A DRAGONFLY'S WING by SIMONIDES OF CEOS

First Line: BEING BUT MAN, FORBEAR TO SAY
Last Line: HOVER, AND WHIP AWAY.
Subject(s): DRAGONFLIES;

BEING but man, forbear to say
Beyond to-night what thing shall be,
And date no man's felicity.
For know, all things
Make briefer stay
Than dragonflies, whose slender wings
Hover, and whip away.



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