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TO JULIA MARLOWE (READING KEATS' ODE ON A GRECIAN URN) by HENRY VAN DYKE

First Line: LONG HAD I LOVED THIS 'ATTIC SHAPE,'THE BREDE
Last Line: THE EMPTY URN WAS FILLED WITH CHIAN WINE.
Subject(s): GREECE; KEATS, JOHN (1795-1821); MARLOWE, JULIA (1866-1950); POETRY & POETS; GREEKS;
LONG had I loved this "Attic shape," the brede
Of marble maidens round this urn divine:
But when your golden voice began to read,
The empty urn was filled with Chian wine.



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