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Silenus

By Thomas Woolner
Woolner, Thomas (1825-1892)

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SILENUS
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PART FIRST
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BOOK I.
 II. 
BOOK II.
 III. 
BOOK III.
 IV. 
BOOK IV.
 V. 
BOOK V.
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PART SECOND
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BOOK I.
 II. 
BOOK II.
 III. 
BOOK III.
 IV. 
BOOK IV.
 V. 
BOOK V.

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But Syrinx, sinking to the river bed,
Anchored her fingers in the rooted sedge.
Devoted to Silenus she resolved
To hold them till she died, rather than live
And glance again at those red eyes of hell.
While thus against her own young life she strove,
Great Artemis, loving the forest nymph,
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In pity flashed a brightness thro' her brain,
And smote her agony to sudden peace!
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