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BATTLE OF SALAMIS, FR. THE PERSIANS by AESCHYLUS

First Line: AND WHEN THE LIGHT OF THE SUN HAD PERISHED
Last Line: UNTIL THE EYE OF DARKNESS TOOK IT ALL

Poem Sources:

WORLD POETRY; AN ANTHOLOGY OF VERSE FROM ANTIQUITY TO OUR TIME. KATHARINE WASHBURN & JOHN S. MAJORS, EDITORS. CLIFTON FADIMAN, GENERAL EDITOR.
  WASHBURN, KATHARINE (ED.)
  (1998)
 



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