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Aristomenes.[608]

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Canto First. 1.     The Gods of old are silent on the shore.     Since the great Pan expired, and through the roar     Of the Ionian waters broke a dread     Voice which proclaimed "the Mighty Pan is dead."     How much died with him! false or true - the dream     Was beautiful which peopled every stream     With more than finny tenants, and adorned     The woods and waters with coy nymphs that scorned     Pursuing Deities, or in the embrace     Of gods brought forth the high heroic race     Whose names are on the hills and o'er the seas.     Cephalonia, Sept^r^ 10^th^ 1823.                 [From an autograph MS. in the possession of the Lady Dorchester, now for the first time printed.]

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