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IDYLL 12 by BION

First Line: I TO THE SANDY SHORE AND SEAWARD SLOPE
Last Line: I'LL CAST AWAY—WHEN LIFE ITSELF DOTH END.
Subject(s): GALATEA;
I to the sandy shore and seaward slope
Will go, and try with murmured song to bend
The cruel Galatea: my sweet hope
I'll cast away—when life itself doth end.



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