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Silenus

By Thomas Woolner

Woolner, Thomas (1825-1892)

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“O Dionysus, wherefore thus disturb
This torpor that abates my wretchedness?
The torture slept awhile; why wake afresh
Feelings that hover over memory;
Why mock me, laying bare the cruel past?”