"For thou dost know, O Damon Dear,"
That just as King Claudius does take my life
Did King Dionysus demand the same
From Pythias, on some false claim
Yet so he could relay this strife
Damon did replace his life
Imprisoned for more than a year
Prepared to die should judgment's day fall near
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Now I have, as Pythias did
Returned, at last, to meet my fate
Yet you Horatio just like Damon
Refuse to listen to my sermon
And offer yourself at Death's gate
To come with me, but it's too late
For off morality's cliff I slid
So live, and my last wishes bid
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For I am afraid that we cannot
Be as Pythias and Damon were
For while Dionysus