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The Drops Of Nectar.

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When Minerva, to give pleasure     To Prometheus, her well-loved one,     Brought a brimming bowl of nectar     From the glorious realms of heaven     As a blessing for his creatures,     And to pour into their bosoms     Impulses for arts ennobling,     She with rapid footstep hasten'd,     Fearing Jupiter might see her,     And the golden goblet trembled,     And there fell a few drops from it     On the verdant plain beneath her.     Then the busy bees flew thither     Straightway, eagerly to drink them,     And the butterfly came quickly     That he, too, might find a drop there;     Even the misshapen spider     Thither crawl'd and suck'd with vigour.     To a happy end they tasted,     They, and other gentle insects!     For with mortals now divide they     Artthat noblest gift of all.

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