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CANTO I.] That either it must quickly end Or turn about again, and mend: In which he found the event, no less Than other times, beside his guess. There is a tall long-sided dame,— But wond'rous light—yeleped Fame, That like a thin chameleon boards Herself on air, and eats her words; Upon her shoulders wings she wears Like hanging sleeves, lin'd thro' with ears, And eyes, and tongues, as poets list. Made good by deep mythologist. With these she thro' the welkin flies, And sometimes carries truth, oft lies: With letters hung, like eastern pigeons. And Mercuries of furthest regions;