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VOLUME TWO
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1885

Then with wings
Of gold we soared, I looking in his eyes
Over yon dark broad river, and this dim land.
IN THREE BOOKS
BY
M.A.; HONORARY FELLOW OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXFORD
KNIGHT OF THE REDEEMER OF GREECE, ETC., ETC.
"DIFFICILE EST PROPRIE COMMUNIA DICERE"
NINETEENTH EDITION.
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1885
"The three excellences of Poetry: simplicity of language, simplicity ofsubject, and simplicity of invention"—The Welsh Triads.
(The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved.)
TO ALL
WHO LOVE THE LITERATURE OF GREECE
THIS POEM IS DEDICATED
BY
THE AUTHOR.
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