The fairest things I leave behind
Are daylight, and the purple bars
Of sunset, and the summer wind,
And moonrise, and the gathered stars;
And what the terraced orchard bears,
Ripe cucumbers and mellow pears.

Κάλλιστον μὲν ἐγὼ λείπω φάος ἠελίοιο,
δεύτερον ἄστρα φαεινὰ σεληναίης τε πρόσωπον
ἠδὲ καὶ ὡραίους σικύους καὶ μῆλα καὶ ὄγχνας·

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