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Bliss Carman · Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics

Poem 27 of 100 · Book I

Lover, art thou of a surety

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Lover, art thou of a surety
Not a learner of the wood-god?
Has the madness of his music
Never touched thee?

Ah, thou dear and godlike mortal,
If Pan takes thee for his pupil,
Make me but another Syrinx
For that piping.

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