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The In-Gathering

Cimon and Pero: A Chain of Sonnets: Sebastopol etc. By John A. Heraud

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MYTHS.

A Myth in water is a vulgar sign,
Paint it in oil, and it becomes divine;
Dash it in fresco, simple, massive, free,
'Tis Art restored to her divinity.