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Not for us only Nicias vain the dream	A
Sprung from what god soe'er was Eros born	B
Not to us only grace doth graceful seem	A
Frail things who wot not of the coming morn	B
No for Amphitryon's iron hearted son	C
Who braved the lion was the slave of one	C
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A fair curled creature Hylas was his name	D
He taught him as a father might his child	E
All songs whereby himself had risen to fame	D
Nor ever from his side would be beguiled	E
When noon was high nor when white steeds convey	F
Back to heaven's gates the chariot of the day	F
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Nor when the hen's shrill brood becomes aware	G
Of bed time as the mother's flapping wings	H
Shadow the dust browned beam 'Twas all his care	G
To shape unto his own imaginings	H
And to the harness train his favourite youth	I
Till he became a man in very truth	I
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Meanwhile when kingly Jason steered in quest	J
Of the Gold Fleece and chieftains at his side	K
Chosen from all cities proffering each her best	J
To rich Iolchos came that warrior tried	K
And joined him unto trim built Argo's crew	L
And with Alcmena's son came Hylas too	L
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Through the great gulf shot Argo like a bird	M
And by and bye reached Phasis ne'er o'erta'en	C
By those in rushing rocks that have not stirred	M
Since then but bask twin monsters on the main	C
But now when waned the spring and lambs were fed	N
In far off fields and Pleiads gleamed overhead	N
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That cream and flower of knighthood looked to sail	O
They came within broad Argo safely stowed	P
When for three days had blown the southern gale	O
To Hellespont and in Propontis rode	P
At anchor where Cianian oxen now	C
Broaden the furrows with the busy plough	C
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They leapt ashore and keeping rank prepared	Q
Their evening meal a grassy meadow spread	N
Before their eyes and many a warrior shared	Q
Thanks to its verdurous stores one lowly bed	N
And while they cut tall marigolds from their stem	R
And sworded bulrush Hylas slipt from them	R
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Water the fair lad wont to seek and bring	S
To Heracles and stalwart Telamon	C
The comrades aye partook each other's fare	G
Bearing a brazen pitcher And anon	C
Where the ground dipt a fountain he espied	N
And rushes growing green about its side	N
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There rose the sea blue swallow wort and there	G
The pale hued maidenhair with parsley green	C
And vagrant marsh flowers and a revel rare	G
In the pool's midst the water nymphs were seen	C
To hold those maidens of unslumbrous eyes	H
Whom the belated peasant sees and flies	H
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And fast did Malis and Eunica cling	S
And young Nychea with her April face	H
To the lad's hand as stooping o'er the spring	S
He dipt his pitcher For the young Greek's grace	H
Made their soft senses reel and down he fell	T
All of a sudden into that black well	T
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So drops a red star suddenly from sky	U
To sea and quoth some sailor to his mate	N
'Up with the tackle boy the breeze is high '	-
Him the nymphs pillowed all disconsolate	N
On their sweet laps and with soft words beguiled	N
But Heracles was troubled for the child	N
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Forth went he Scythian wise his bow he bore	V
And the great club that never quits his side	N
And thrice called 'Hylas' ne'er came lustier roar	V
From that deep chest Thrice Hylas heard and tried	N
To answer but in tones you scarce might hear	W
The water made them distant though so near	X
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And as a lion when he hears the bleat	N
Of fawns among the mountains far away	F
A murderous lion and with hurrying feet	N
Bounds from his lair to his predestined prey	F
So plunged the strong man in the untrodden brake	Y
Lovers are maniacs for his darling's sake	Y
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He scoured far fields what hill or oaken glen	C
Remembers not that pilgrimage of pain	C
His troth to Jason was forgotten then	C
Long time the good ship tarried for those twain	C
With hoisted sails night came and still they cleared	N
The hatches but no Heracles appeared	N
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On he was wandering reckless where he trod	N
So mad a passion on his vitals preyed	N
While Hylas had become a blessed god	N
But the crew cursed the runaway who had stayed	N
Sixty good oars and left him there to reach	Z
Afoot bleak Phasis and the Colchian beach	Z

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