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Daphne,what a beam of beauty,% p: _3 d3 t; V+ R' {6 d4 _/ m% T; E
Thy blooming face,thy grace deity,
9 q# j1 Q( g5 G" }& iWhy wander hasty,
5 S! w: k5 j6 ~Into a still laurel with undying love
' u7 ?6 O& ^1 i' Sto fly a poet's heart dove?
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By night luna-veiling, I can't see1 x1 Q$ O3 Q6 J& [& a9 d/ |
Thy statue-like grief as blue sea,
: U" y+ F& c0 H1 b" OThus only with Icarian wax-pinions,& f7 B( u. z! ~2 }
Let me forward that bright zenith,
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To reveal his fierce pursuiting,
2 V5 E; A3 \ [& d: UThen melting. |