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BOOK III.

H now, Calliope, thy potent aid! What to the king th' illustrious GAMA said Clothe in immortal verse. With sacred fire My breast, if e'er it loved thy lore, inspire: So may the patron of the healing art, The god of day to thee consign his heart; From thee, the mother of his darling son, May never wandering thought to Daphne run: May