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MAGNUS DEUS SAPPHO.
The libyan sappho taught the birds
To voice his name abroad,
That all who heard their chanted words
Might know him for a god.
To voice his name abroad,
That all who heard their chanted words
Might know him for a god.
But Livia such sweet grace doth own,
That every earthly thing,
To make her blest perfections known,
Doth find a voice to sing.
That every earthly thing,
To make her blest perfections known,
Doth find a voice to sing.
So rocks and streams and woods and fields
Are vocal with her name;
Nor any cloud or beam but yields
Some record of the same.
Are vocal with her name;
Nor any cloud or beam but yields
Some record of the same.
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