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Like the sweet apple which reddens upon the topmost bough,
A-top on the topmost twig,—which the pluckers forgot, somehow,—
Forgot it not, nay, but got it not, for none could get it till now.

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The stars hide away their shining form around the lovely moon when in all her fullness she shines (over all) the earth.

Death must be an evil — and the gods agree;
for why else would they live for ever?

Hesperus, you herd
homeward whatever
Dawn’s light dispersed
you herd sheep—herd
goats—herd children
home to their mothers.

A handsome man guards his image a while;
a good man will one day take on beauty.

Evening, thou that bringest all that bright morning scattered; thou bringest the sheep, the goat, the child back to her mother.

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