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NIOBE: THE GODS' CHILDREN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Nearest in blood to gods
Last Line: Nor has the blood of gods yet failed in them.
Subject(s): Mythology - Classical


Nearest in blood to gods,
Zeus' kinsmen they, who have on Ida's mount
An altar to their sire beneath the sky;
Nor has the blood of gods yet failed in them.




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