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From Eros would'st thou flee? Vain shall the struggle be: Canst thou escape on foot One winged to follow thee?

Book VII., Epigram 191. EPITAPH ON A MAGPIE.

I who often did reply To fisherman's or shepherd's song With my merry mockmg cry, Like an echo from the sky, Now, without a voice or tongue, Silent, fall'n to earth, I lie.

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