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Death is an ill 'tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.

Sappho

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Sappho
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Lyric Poet
Poet
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Lesvos
Psappho
Sapphus
Sapho
Ill
Gods
Decide
Thus
Died
Death
Boon

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