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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGY: A WHITE NYMPH, by ANDRE MARIE CHENIER
First Line: A white nymph wandering in the woods by night
Last Line: Whereat they, while he whimpers, mocks the fool.
Variant Title(s): Elegy
Subject(s): Love
First Line: A white nymph wandering in the woods by night
Last Line: Whereat they, while he whimpers, mocks the fool.
Variant Title(s): Elegy
Subject(s): Love
A white nymph wandering in the woods by night
Spies a swift satry, and pretends a flight;
She runs, and, running, feigns to call him back!
The goat-foot, following on her flying track,
Falls down and flounders in the stagnant pool:
Whereat they, while he whimpers, mocks the fool.
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