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EPIGRAMS: FROM THE GREEK.
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X.—EPIGRAM.
[To mountain-nymphs, and Pan that caverns loves]
To mountain-nymphs, and Pan that caverns loves,Satyrs, and sacred dryads of the groves,
A hunter, missing his expected prize,
Hangs up his dogs themselves in sacrifice.
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XI.—EPIGRAM.
[Hail, Memory and Oblivion, glorious pair!]
Hail, Memory and Oblivion, glorious pair!Our joy to lengthen, and to lose our care!
XV.—EPIGRAM.
[Death snatch'd me in my tender years]
Death snatch'd me in my tender years,While innocent and void of cares.
Weep not for me, ordain'd to know
But little life and little woe.
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XVI.—ANOTHER.
[At thirty-six, ye Powers Divine]
At thirty-six, ye Powers Divine,With life contented, I resign.
'Tis then the flower of age is past;
And three-lived Nestor died at last.
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