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, thou hast seen the child I seek!

The vale is thine and the cloudy peak,

Divine Apollo

Whose eyes doth follow

Each secret course! Ah, speak!

I have sued to the other gods in vain:

Thou wilt not disregard my pain;

But by thy power

Win back my flower

To gladden earth again!