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TIMOMACHUS by SIMONIDES OF CEOS

First Line: WHEN IN HIS FATHER'S ARMS HE LAY / AND BREATHED THE JOY OF YOUTH AWAY
Last Line: A HEART SO BRAVE, SO COOL A HEAD.'
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; DEATH - BABIES;
WHEN in his father's arms he lay
And breathed the joy of youth away,
Timomachus for good-bye said, --
'Son of Timenor, mourn your son.
Look not for such another one,
A heart so brave, so cool a head.'



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