Why have the gods in derision
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Severed us, heart of my being?
Where have they lured thee to wander,
While now I sojourn with sorrow,
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Having remorse for my comrade,
What town is blessed with thy beauty,
Nay, who could love as I loved thee,
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With whom thy beauty was mingled
In those spring days when the swallows
Came with the south wind?
Then I became as that shepherd
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Loved by Selene on Latmus,
Once when her own summer magic
With a sweet madness, and thenceforth
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Her mortal lover must wander
Over the wide world forever,