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The Poems of Sappho, by John Myers O'Hara, [1910], at sacred-texts.com
Gold is the son of Zeus,
Immortal, bright;
Nor moth nor worm may eat it,
Nor rust tarnish.
So are the Muse's gifts
The offspring fair,
That merit from high heaven
Youth eternal.