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CALLICLES from below	A
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As the sky brightening south wind clears the day	B
And makes the mass'd clouds roll	C
The music of the lyre blows away	B
The clouds that wrap the soul	C
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Oh that Fate had let me see	D
That triumph of the sweet persuasive lyre	E
That famous final victory	D
When jealous Pan with Marsyas did conspire	F
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When from far Parnassus' side	G
Young Apollo all the pride	G
Of the Phrygian flutes to tame	H
To the Phrygian highlands came	H
Where the long green reed beds sway	B
In the rippled waters grey	B
Of that solitary lake	I
Where Maeander's springs are born	J
Where the ridg'd pine wooded roots	K
Of Messogis westward break	I
Mounting westward high and higher	F
There was held the famous strife	L
There the Phrygian brought his flutes	K
And Apollo brought his lyre	E
And when now the westering sun	M
Touch'd the hills the strife was done	M
And the attentive Muses said	N
'Marsyas thou art vanquish d '	-
Then Apollo's minister	F
Hang'd upon a branching fir	F
Marsyas that unhappy Faun	M
And began to whet his knife	L
But the Maenads who were there	O
Left their friend and with robes flowing	P
In the wind and loose dark hair	O
O'er their polish'd bosoms blowing	P
Each her ribbon'd tambourine	M
Flinging on the mountain sod	Q
With a lovely frighten'd mien	M
Came about the youthful God	Q
But he turn'd his beauteous face	R
Haughtily another way	B
From the grassy sun warm'd place	R
Where in proud repose he lay	B
With one arm over his head	N
Watching how the whetting sped	N
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But aloof on the lake strand	S
Did the young Olympus stand	S
Weeping at his master's end	T
For the Faun had been his friend	T
For he taught him how to sing	P
And he taught him flute playing	P
Many a morning had they gone	M
To the glimmering mountain lakes	U
And had torn up by the roots	K
The tall crested water reeds	V
With long plumes and soft brown seeds	V
And had carved them into flutes	K
Sitting on a tabled stone	M
Where the shoreward ripple breaks	U
And he taught him how to please	W
The red snooded Phrygian girls	X
Whom the summer evening sees	W
Flashing in the dance's whirls	W
Underneath the starlit trees	W
In the mountain villages	W
Therefore now Olympus stands	W
At his master's piteous cries	W
Pressing fast with both his hands	W
His white garment to his eyes	W
Not to see Apollo's scorn	M
Ah poor Faun poor Faun ah poor Faun	M

Matthew Arnold

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