You whom the soldiers beat, You who are all but dead, How the gods love you And I, alone in the dark, I was promised the light. (Archilochus)

You whom the soldiers beat, You who are all but dead, How the gods love you And I, alone in the dark, I was promised the light.

Archilochus

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