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


p. 42

PRIDE

Pride not thyself upon a ring,
  Or any trinket thing
Of fleeting value, dross or gold.

Wealth, lacking worth, is no safe friend,
  Though both to life may lend,
In just proportion, joy untold.


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