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As an apple reddens on the high bough; high atop the highest bough the apple pickers passed it by— no, not passed it by, but they could not reach it.
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Art thou the topmost apple
The gatherers could not reach,
Reddening on the bough?
Shall I not take thee?
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Sappho
Born:
640 BC
Died:
570 BC
(aged 70)
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