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The Poems of Sappho, by John Myers O'Hara, [1910], at sacred-texts.com
Pride not thyself upon a ring,
Or any trinket thing
Of fleeting value, dross or gold.
Wealth, lacking worth, is no safe friend,
Though both to life may lend,
In just proportion, joy untold.