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THE TOMB OF DIOGENES by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "'TELL ME, GOOD DOG, WHOSE TOMB YOU GUARD SO WELL'"
Last Line: YES: BUT THE STARS ARE NOW HIS DWELLING-PLACE'
Subject(s): CEMETERIES;DEATH;DIOGENES;GRAVES; "GRAVEYARDS;DEAD, THE;TOMBS;TOMBSTONES;"
'TELL me, good dog, whose tomb you guard so well.'
'The Cynic's.' 'True; but who that Cynic tell.'
'Diogenes, of fair Sinope's race.'
'What? He that in a tub was wont to dwell?'
'Yes: but the stars are now his dwelling-place.'



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