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TO CHROMIS by ANDRE MARIE CHENIER

First Line: COME, YOUNG CHROMIS, I LOVE THEE, AND I AM LOVELY
Last Line: "AND GAZING, THEY WHISPER TOGETHER, ""WHAT BEAUTY DIVINE!"
Subject(s): GODDESSES & GODS; MYTHOLOGY;
COME, young Chromis, I love thee, and I am lovely,
Pale as Dian, and light as her heart is mine!
Who am tall and proud as the Goddess. The shepherds wonder
When I go by them at twilight with downcast eyne,
Whether indeed I am made in the fashion of mortals,
And gazing, they whisper together, "What beauty divine!"



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