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TO A LOCUST by MELEAGER

First Line: CHARMER OF LONGING - COUNSELLOR OF SLEEP!
Last Line: AND KISSING DROPS OF DEW.
Subject(s): LOCUSTS;
CHARMER of longing—counsellor of sleep!
The cornfield's chorister
Whose wings to music whirr—
Come, mimic lute, my soul in songs to steep,
Brush tiny foot and wing
In tender musicking:
Come! out of sleepless care my heart uplift,
Locust, and set love free
With your shrill minstrelsy.
And, in the morning, I will give for gift
A fresh green leek to you
And kissing drops of dew.



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