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 [11] AFTER PASSING THE EXAMINATION

ten years I never left my books; I went up ... and won unmerited praise. My high place I do not much prize; The joy of my parents will first make me proud. Fellow students, six or seven men, See me off as I leave the City gate. My covered couch is ready to drive away; Flutes and strings blend their parting tune. Hopes achieved dull the pains of parting; Fumes of wine shorten the long road... Shod with wings is the horse of him who rides On a Spring day the road that leads to home. [37]