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SAPPHO, One Hundred Lyrics
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Bliss Carman
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XVII
Pale rose leaves have fallen
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In the fountain water;
And soft reedy flute-notes
Pierce the sultry quiet.
But I wait and listen,
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Till the trodden gravel
Tells me, all impatience,
It is Phaon's footstep.
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