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Pride and the State
by:
Theognis of Megara
(6th century B.C.)
translated by John Hookham Frere
Pride
and oppressive rule destroy'd the state
Of the Magnesians--Such was Smyrna's fate;
Smyrna the rich, and Colophon the great!
And ours, my friend, will follow, soon or late.
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