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ON A THIEF.
When Aulus, the nocturnal thief, made prizeOf Hermes, swift-wing'd envoy of the skies,
Hermes, Arcadia's king, the thief divine,
Who when an infant stole Apollo's kine,
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Of our gymnastic sports, we planted here;
“Hermes,” he cried, “you meet no new disaster;
Ofttimes the pupil goes beyond his master.”
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