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A Greek Lyrist Sings Of Apollo.

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Ah, it was he I heard at early dawn,     From the high hilltop and the dew-wet hollow,     While I was yet as tender as a fawn.     Calling me, "Follow!"     And it was he who spoke at sultry noon,     By the bright pool, when Dian was away:     "Frail is your harp as is the crescent moon,     Yet shall you play!"     Still do I hear that calling, Apollo!     Though it is far, and failing is the light:     "Lo, you are spent, but you shall rise and follow     Into the night!"

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