Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, "Lo! how s… - Theocritus

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Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, "Lo! how small
Was the gift, and yet how precious! Friendship's gifts are priceless all."

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Theocritus (fl. c. 270 BC) was a Greek poet of the 3rd century BC, probably a Syracusan who later lived in Kos and Alexandria. He invented the genre of pastoral poetry.

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Native Name: Θεόκρῐτος

Alternative Names: Theocrates

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While there's life there’s hope, and only the dead have none.

Reflect, ere you spurn me, that youth at his sides
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Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, "Lo! how small Was the gift, and yet how precious! Friendship's gifts are priceless all." - Theocritus

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