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From The Greek Of Moschus.

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Tan ala tan glaukan otan onemos atrema Balle - k.t.l.     When winds that move not its calm surface sweep     The azure sea, I love the land no more;     The smiles of the serene and tranquil deep     Tempt my unquiet mind. - But when the roar     Of Ocean's gray abyss resounds, and foam     Gathers upon the sea, and vast waves burst,     I turn from the drear aspect to the home     Of Earth and its deep woods, where, interspersed,     When winds blow loud, pines make sweet melody.     Whose house is some lone bark, whose toil the sea,     Whose prey the wandering fish, an evil lot     Has chosen. - But I my languid limbs will fling     Beneath the plane, where the brook's murmuring     Moves the calm spirit, but disturbs it not.

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