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


p. 40

GOLD

Gold is the son of Zeus,
  Immortal, bright;
Nor moth nor worm may eat it,
  Nor rust tarnish.

So are the Muse's gifts
  The offspring fair,
That merit from high heaven
  Youth eternal.


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