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TWO EPIGRAMS OF SAPPHO.
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TWO EPIGRAMS OF SAPPHO.

EPIGRAM I.

[Meniscus, mourning for his hapless Son]

Meniscus , mourning for his hapless Son,
The toil-experienc'd Fisher, Pelagon,

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Has plac'd upon his Tomb a Net and Oar,
The Badges of a painful Life and poor.

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EPIGRAM II.

[The much-lov'd Timas lodges in this Tomb]

The much-lov'd Timas lodges in this Tomb,
By Death insatiate ravish'd in her Bloom;
Ere yet a Bride, the beauteous Maid was led
To dreary Coasts, and Pluto's mournful Bed.

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Her lov'd Companions pay the Rites of Woe,
All, all, alas! the living can bestow;
From their fair Heads the graceful Curls they shear,
Place on her Tomb, and drop the tender Tear.