Yea, Thou Shalt Die, by Sappho

Yea, Thou Shalt Die

Yea, thou shalt die,
And lie
        Dumb in the silent tomb;
Nor to thy name
Shall there be any fame
        In ages yet to be or years to come:
For of the flowering Rose,
Which on Pieria blows,
        Thou hast no share:
But in sad Hades' house,
Unknown, inglorious,
        'Mid the dim shades that wander there
        Shalt thou flit forth and haunt the filmy air.

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