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Joy is as a raiment fine, / Spun of magic threads divine; / Which as you are in act to don, / The wearer and the robe are gone.
Joy is as a raiment fine, / Spun of magic threads divine; / Which as you are in act to don, / The wearer and the robe are gone.
Approximate author period: c. 451 BC · classical
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- Sophocles
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- Approximate author period: c. 451 BC · classical
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Sophocles. · page_213
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