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The Poems of Sappho, by John Myers O'Hara, [1910], at sacred-texts.com


p. 38

COURAGE

Faint not in thy strong heart!
  Nor downcast stand apart;
Beyond the reach of daring will there lies
  No beauty's prize.

Faint not in thy strong heart!
  Through temple, field and mart,
Courage alone the guerdon from the fray
  May bear away.


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