DAPHNE ? G' j3 Z# c
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Daphne,what a beam of beauty,
+ n# N% ]: H0 X v4 ~) lThy blooming face,thy grace deity,
0 n; ^9 u8 E/ y- r) |Why wander hasty,4 q! K& w( R$ P7 e* E
Into a still laurel with undying love
+ ?$ A: _" o% m. S% T* lto fly a poet's heart dove?
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: M) y0 r& v; B! q+ d. Y- z% C9 GBy night luna-veiling, I can't see3 O$ l- z" Y5 _4 ]" j
Thy statue-like grief as blue sea,
) d1 R) f, V4 ~ H- ~5 F) r, HThus only with Icarian wax-pinions,
2 d/ V6 A q0 [- D" r: d. ] SLet me forward that bright zenith,1 @ g" @$ j) Y! ?' F: R0 S3 j
Nearer,nearer,: l+ y+ o+ a4 P9 Q2 B+ G
To reveal his fierce pursuiting,7 g7 s1 Z% H) ], Q
Then melting. |