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First Line: Amid the sea there lies a lovely isle
Last Line: Under his roof.
Alternate Author Name(s): Virgil; Vergil
Subject(s): Delos (island), Greece


AMID the sea there lies a lovely isle,
Sacred to Doris, mother of the nymphs
Of ocean, and AEgean Neptune. This,
Once floating round the shores, Apollo bound
Fast to Gyaros and to Myconos,
And bade it stay unmoved, and scorn the winds.
Hither I sail. This pleasant isle receives
Within its port the weary voyagers.
Landing, we hail with praise Apollo's seat.
King Anius, Phoebus' priest and king in one,
His temples bound with fillets and with bays,
Meets us, and knows Anchises his old friend.
Then hands are grasped, with hospitable cheer,
Under his roof.





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