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Orphic Hymns

Hymn 58, Line 5 by Thomas Taylor (English)

To men with hope elated, trifling, gay, a race presumptuous, born but to decay;

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Archival source: https://archive.org/details/b28775430. Extracted from Theoi HTML for hymn 58; bracketed Greek names follow Theoi's public-domain presentation.