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First Line: O hesperus, thou bringest all good things
Last Line: Thou bring'st the child too to its mother's breast.
Subject(s): Aphrodite; Love - Erotic; Love; Mythology - Classical


O HESPERUS, thou bringest all good things—
Home to the weary, to the hungry cheer,
To the young bird the parent's brooding wings,
The welcome stall to the o'erlabored steer;
Whate'er of peace about our hearthstone clings,
Whate'er our household gods protect of dear,
Are gathered round us by thy look of rest;
Thou bring'st the child too to its mother's breast.





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