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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TOMB OF CRETHON, by LEONIDAS OF TARENTUM Poet's Biography
First Line: I am the tomb of crethon; here you read
Last Line: With lands, how narrow now, how ample then!
Subject(s): Death; Graves; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: I am the tomb of crethon; here you read
Last Line: With lands, how narrow now, how ample then!
Subject(s): Death; Graves; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones
I AM the tomb of Crethon; here you read
His name; himself is number'd with the dead;
Who once had wealth not less than Gyges' gold;
Who once was rich in stable, stall, and fold;
Who once was blest above all living men—
With lands, how narrow now, how ample then!
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