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The poetical works of William Lisle Bowles

... with memoir, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes, by the Rev. George Gilfillan

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[Where were ye, nymphs, when Daphnis drooped with love?]

Where were ye, nymphs, when Daphnis drooped with love?
In fair Peneus' Tempe, or the grove
Of Pindus! Nor your pastimes did ye keep,
Where huge Anapus' torrent waters sweep;

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On Ætna's height, ah! impotent to save,
Nor yet where Akis winds his holy wave!