As Full-blown Poppies, Overcharg'd With Rain, Decline The Head, And Drooping Kiss The Plain,-- So Sinks The Youth

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As full-blown poppies, overcharg'd with rain,
Decline the head, and drooping kiss the plain,--
So sinks the youth; his beauteous head, deprest
Beneath his helmet, drops upon his breast.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- The Iliad of Homer, Book viii, Line 371

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