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CANTO IV.] Even for thy tomb a garland let it be—

The Forum's champion, and the people's chief—

Her new-born Numa thou—with reign, alas! too brief.

CXV.

Egeria! sweet creation of some heartN27

Which found no mortal resting-place so fair

As thine ideal breast; whate'er thou art

Or wert,—a young Aurora of the air,

The nympholepsy of some fond despair—

Or—it might be—a Beauty of the earth,