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ON REREADING TELEMAQUE by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE

First Line: I PLACE THEE BACK UPON THE SHELF
Last Line: UNTIL ANOTHER MAN WAS SENT HER!
Subject(s): BOOKS; MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS; WRITING & WRITERS; READING; MALE-FEMALE RELATIONS;

@3"Calypso could not console herself"@1

I PLACE thee back upon the shelf,
O Fénelon, how scant thy knowledge,
Who seemed as Solomon himself
To me, a callow youth at college!

No need to say thou wert a priest;
No need to own that I am human;
Mine this advantage is—at least
I've learned the alphabet of Woman.

And yet but half the truth is told:
I do thee wrong, sagacious Mentor,—
Calypso could not be consoled
Until another man was sent her!



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