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κεῖτο δέ τις βατάνη, ἧς οὐδεὶς ἥπτετο δειπνῶν,
ἐν καθαρῷ ὅθι περ λοπάδων διεφαίνετο χῶρος ...
ἑξῆς κόσσυφος ἦλθ᾽ ἐμοί, ὃς γεύσασθαι ἕτοιμος
ἥμην: οὐδ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἄθικτος ἔην, πόθεον δὲ καὶ ἄλλοι.
κωλῆν δ᾽ ὡς ἔιδον, ὡς ἔτρεμον, ἐν δὲ σίναπυ
κεῖτ᾽ ἀγχοῦ γλυκερὸν χρυσὸς ὥς, πλείον᾽ ἐρῦκον.
γευσάμενος δ᾽ ἔκλαιον, ὅτ᾽ αὔριον οὐκ ἔτι ταῦτα
ὄψομαι, ἀλλά με τυρῷ δεῖ καὶ μάζῃ ὀτρηρῇ ...
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