Distant music . irled, sun-breasting Alcina Hellenica Strode in the flower of her youth Down the slope of Cithaeron. Now the crested waves of the ancient forest Tremble for fear of her fairness Bathed in the light of the sunrise. LX Beholding the gleaming thighs of Archon the hunter, Chara slipped from the brake And, pausing sadly, Sighed that a god dreamed in the form of a mortal. n LXI Hellenica Cicada, pulsing alone in the summer noontide,Sing of wind-haunted gladesOf mossy shall my heart rememberThe tangled lightWhere I met Philemon dreaming. LXII Shadowy waters Under the curvi

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Distant music . irled, sun-breasting Alcina Hellenica Strode in the flower of her youth Down the slope of Cithaeron. Now the crested waves of the ancient forest Tremble for fear of her fairness Bathed in the light of the sunrise. LX Beholding the gleaming thighs of Archon the hunter, Chara slipped from the brake And, pausing sadly, Sighed that a god dreamed in the form of a mortal. n LXI Hellenica Cicada, pulsing alone in the summer noontide,Sing of wind-haunted gladesOf mossy shall my heart rememberThe tangled lightWhere I met Philemon dreaming. LXII Shadowy waters Under the curving moon Weave of their little waves A nest of dreams To snare a faun from the forest. 74 11 1 1/ LXIIIFlame curls Hellenica Out of the waning embers,Flutters over my heart,And then is ashes. LXIV The light that laughs and lilts away has petals,And she shall know at last the golden me where within the twilit meadowsLingers remembrance. 75 • ^\^ ,. ^. ^^ ^ . %^ *^ ^ ^* ^^ •.^^• /\ ^ws ^^x --n.

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