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English translation of first line: under ether
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The poem refers to the classical Greek myth of Charon, the ferryman of Hades, who carries the souls of the dead over the river Styx. The poet addresses someone saying that they dropped their 'obol' (the coin buried with dead people in Ancient Greece as payment to Charon) while 'under ether' and that Charon forced them to return, i.e. to come back to life.
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