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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GRAVE OF SOPHOCLES, by SIMIAS OF THEBES Poet's Biography
First Line: Tenderly, ivy, on sopholces' grave - right, tenderly - twine
Last Line: Priest of the gay and profound, sweetest of singers terrene.
Alternate Author Name(s): Simmias Of Thebes
Subject(s): Death; Graves; Sophocles (496-406 B.c.); Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: Tenderly, ivy, on sopholces' grave - right, tenderly - twine
Last Line: Priest of the gay and profound, sweetest of singers terrene.
Alternate Author Name(s): Simmias Of Thebes
Subject(s): Death; Graves; Sophocles (496-406 B.c.); Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones
Tenderly, ivy, on Sophocles' grave -- right tenderly -- twine
Garlanding over the mound network of delicate green.
Everywhere flourish the flower of the rose, and the clustering vine
Pour out its branches around, wet with their glistering sheen.
All for the sake of the wisdom and grace it was his to combine;
Priest of the gay and profound, sweetest of singers terrene.
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