Surgit Fama
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here is a truce among the gods,Korè is seen in the NorthSkirting the blue-gray seaIn gilded and russet mantle. The corn has again its mother and she, Leuconoë,That failed never women,Fails not the earth now. The tricksome Hermes is here;He moves behind meEager to catch my words,Eager to spread them with rumour;To set upon them his changeCrafty and subtle;To alter them to his purpose;But do thou speak true, even to the letter: “Once more in Delos, once more is the altar a-quiver.Once more is the chant heard.Once more are the never abandoned gardensFull of gossip and old tales.”
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