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As a mortal, thou must nourish each of two forebodings—that tomorrow's sunlight will be the last that thou shalt see; and that for fifty years thou wilt live out thy life in ample wealth.

— Bacchylides

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Paean [on Peace] l. 16, in Stobaeus, Florilegium

Paean [on Peace] l. 8, in Stobaeus, Florilegium

Τίκτει δέ τε θνατοῖσιν Εἰρήνα μεγάλα
στρ. πλοῦτον μελιγλώσσων τ' ἀοιδᾶν ἄνθεα,
δαιδαλέων τ᾽ ἐπὶ βωμῶν
θεοῖσιν αἴθεσθαι βοῶν ξανθᾷ φλογί
μῆρα τανῦτρίχων τε μήλων
γυμνασίων τε νέοις
αὐλῶν τε καὶ κώμων μέλειν.

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