ON A BOY OF NINETEEN
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
Bidding hail to me, Diogenes beneath the earth, go about thy business and obtain thy desire; for at nineteen years old I was laid low by cruel sickness and leave the sweet sun.
The Greek Anthology
From J. W. Mackail, for About.com
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