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"text": "Tell me, thou stone, why does this bright-eyed \ncock stand on thee as an emblem, bearing a sceptre \nin his lustred wing and seizing in his claws the \nbranch of victory, while cast at the very edge of the base lies a die ? Dost thou cover some sceptred king victorious in battle ? But why the die thy \nplaything ? And besides, why is the tomb so \nsimple ? It would suit a poor man woke up o'nights \nby the crowing of the cock. But I don't think \nthat is right, for the sceptre tells against it. Then \nyou cover an athlete, a winner in the foot-race ? \nNo, I don't hit it off so either, for what resemblance \ndoes a swift-footed man bear to a die ? Now I \nhave it : the palm does not mean victory, but \nprolific Tyre, the proud mother of palms, was the \ndead man's birthplace ; the cock signifies that he \nwas a man who made himself heard, a champion too \nI suppose in love matters and a versatile songster. \nThe sceptre he holds is emblematic of his speech \nand the die cast wide means that in his cups he fell \nand died. Well, these are symbols, but the stone \ntells us his name, Antipater, descended from most \npuissant ancestors.",
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