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The High Immortal Gods are Free
by:
Bacchylides
(5th century B.C.)
translated by John Herman Merivale
The high immortal gods are free
From taint of man's infirmity;
Nor pale diseases round them wait,
Nor pain distracts their tranquil state.
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