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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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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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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.
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