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II


What shall we do, Cytherea?
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Lovely Adonis is dying.
Ah, but we mourn him!

Will he return when the Autumn
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Purples the earth, and the sunlight
Sleeps in the vineyard?

Will he return when the Winter
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Huddles the sheep, and Orion
Goes to his hunting?

Ah, for thy beauty, Adonis,
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With the soft spring and the south wind,
Love and desire!







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