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Silenus

By Thomas Woolner

Woolner, Thomas (1825-1892)

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22

Why prattled still the reeds? Pan's guilty stare,
Why should it burn his memory with pain?
And why should music of these river-stems
So sadly wail to him of Syrinx gone?
Alas, he knew not, and must waive the cause;
When, as the moonlight suddenly went out,
A flash within revealed the dreadful tale!