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LAMIA'S SONG by HERMAN MELVILLE

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First Line: DESCEND, DESCEND / PLEASANT THE DOWNWARD WAY
Last Line: HOW PLEASANT THE DOWNWARD WAY!

Descend, descend!
Pleasant the downward way --
From your lonely Alp
With the wintry scalp
To our myrtles in valleys of May.
Wend then, wend:
Mountaineer, descend!
And more than a wreath shall repay.
Come, ah come!
With the cataracts come,
That hymn as they roam
How pleasant the downward way!



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