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Orpheus
Orpheus (1905), PDF p. 8
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CONTENTS
Complains of the antithesis of desire and power—'‘ Let the far
music of oblivious years” . .
Laments—‘‘ How can one hour dissolve a year’s delight”
Tells of his wooing— ‘‘ / child-like medttative mood”
Eurydice’s song—‘‘ O shape half seen of love, and lost”
Continues the tale of his wooing—"* Such teene my falling bt
snapped”
Invokes Aphrodite—‘‘ Danghter of Glory, child”
Continues the tale of his wooing —" I cage the lavish ore and
sate”
Eurydice’s song—" Who art thou, love, m what sweet name I
quicken” .
Continues the tale of his wooing—‘‘So by some spelt divinely drawn”
Orpheus’ song—'‘‘ Roll, strong life-current of these very veins”
Concludes his lament—‘‘ So sped my wooing: now I surely think”
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