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LAST CHANCE by ANDREW LANG

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First Line: WITHIN THE STREAMS, PAUSANIAS SAITH
Last Line: MY GHOST MAY LAND THE GHOSTS OF FISH

Within the streams, Pausanias saith ,
That down Cocytus valley flow,
Girdling the gray domain of Death,
The spectral fishes come and go;
The ghosts of trout flit to and fro.
Persephone, fulfil my wish;
And grant that in the shades below
My ghost may land the ghosts of fish.




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