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[How many authors are my first!]
How many authors are my first!
And I shall be so too
Unless I finish speedily
That which I have to do.
And I shall be so too
Unless I finish speedily
That which I have to do.
My second is a lofty tree
And a delicious fruit;
This in the hot-house flourishes—
That amid rocks takes root.
And a delicious fruit;
This in the hot-house flourishes—
That amid rocks takes root.
My whole is an immortal queen
Renowned in classic lore:
Her a god won without her will,
And her a goddess bore.
Renowned in classic lore:
Her a god won without her will,
And her a goddess bore.
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