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First Line: Cyllene rise! Yon osier trees
Last Line: "to thee he carols, ""fair cyllene rise."
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Moon


CYLLENE rise! yon osier trees,
Waving their branches to the breeze,
Court thee in hollow gentle sighs,
And whisper, "Fair Cyllene rise."

Heaven's canopy is studded bright,
With countless stars, in streams of light;
Yet what avail their beams divine,
If thou fair queen, refuse to shine?

The shepherd's lute with sprightly sound
Awakes the mountain echoes round;
And as the warbling cadence dies,
It murmurs forth, "Cyllene rise."

Down in yon vale the minstrel's hand
Strikes the loud harp to glory's band;
And as the glowing theme's pursued,
Feels all his youthful fires renewed.

And now to thee he tunes the lay,
And courts thy soft and placid ray;
Romantic melody awakes the skies,
To thee he carols, "Fair Cyllene rise."








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