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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again? Archilochus

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Astraea Bids Farewell to the Peasants

...after years of increasingly bitter disputes. Faire thee well, goddess Astraea!
Salvatore Rosa


"Jove means to settle
Astraea in her seat again,
And let down from his golden chain
An age of better metal."

- John Greenleaf Whittier, "Astraea"

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