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EPIGRAM by DECIMUS MAGNUS AUSONIUS

First Line: ON THE SICILIAN STRAND A HARE WELL WROUGHT
Last Line: "PERHAPS OF HEAV'N, IF THERE A DOG-STAR BE."
ON the Sicilian strand a hare well wrought
Before the hounds was by a dogfish caught;
Quoth she, "All rape of sea and earth's on me,
Perhaps of heav'n, if there a dog-star be."



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