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Villanelle
To Lucia
Apollo left the golden Muse
And shepherded a mortal's sheep,
Theocritus of Syracuse!
And shepherded a mortal's sheep,
Theocritus of Syracuse!
To mock the giant swain that woos
The sea-nymph in the sunny deep,
Apollo left the golden Muse.
The sea-nymph in the sunny deep,
Apollo left the golden Muse.
Afield he drove his lambs and ewes
Where Milon and where Battus reap,
Theocritus of Syracuse!
Where Milon and where Battus reap,
Theocritus of Syracuse!
To watch thy tunny-fishers cruise
Below the dim Sicilian steep
Apollo left the golden Muse.
Below the dim Sicilian steep
Apollo left the golden Muse.
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Ye twain did loiter in the dews,
Ye slept the swain's unfever'd sleep,
Theocritus of Syracuse!
Ye slept the swain's unfever'd sleep,
Theocritus of Syracuse!
That time might half with his confuse
Thy songs—like his, that laugh and leap—
Theocritus of Syracuse,
Apollo left the golden Muse!
Thy songs—like his, that laugh and leap—
Theocritus of Syracuse,
Apollo left the golden Muse!
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