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From A Greek Epigram.

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While on the cliff with calm delight she kneels,     And the blue vales a thousand joys recall,     See, to the last, last verge her infant steals!     O fly--yet stir not, speak not, lest it fall.          Far better taught, she lays her bosom bare,     And the fond boy springs back to nestle there.

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