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here at a board by tome and paper sat, ~ With two tame leopards couch’d beside her throne, All beauty compass’d in a female form, 20The Princess ; liker to the inhabitant Of some clear planet close upon the Sun, Than our man’s earth ; such eyes were in her head,And so much grace and power, breathing down From over her arch’d brows, with every turn 25Lived thro’ her to the tips of her long hands, And to her feet. She rose her height, and said : “We give you welcome : not without redoundOf use and glory to yourselves ye come,The first-fruits of the stranger: aftertime, 30And that full voice which circles round the grave,Will rank you nobly, mingled up with me.What ! are the ladies of your land so tall ?”“ We of the court,” said Cyril. “ From the court ”Ee U2 Tee te ee 13. The Muses were the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.They presided over the various departments of art and science. Theywere Clio, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Poly-hymnia, Urania, and_ Calliope. he three Graces, types of femaleloveliness, and attendant upon Aphrodite, were Euphrosyne, Aglaia,5 ope oe . redound, requital. 30. The Rectcuits of the stranger, the first students from beyond theborders of her own country. é ap 31-32. Posterity will applaud your good sense, shown in your desire toassociate yourselves with my work.
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