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THALIA, by                    
First Line: Since first you crowned the rustic's vernal feast
Last Line: And fortune's fiercest fling a futile boast.
Subject(s): Goddesses & Gods; Muses; Mythology


Since first you crowned the rustic's vernal feast,
O muse! with laughter and your comic art,
And in the rural pastimes bore your part
With broadest jest and mirth that aye increased,
Your sway has traveled from the classic East
To banter care and fill the throbbing mart
Of tragic life with whims and quirks that start
The pulse to thrill with joy where joy had ceased.

Behold! To-day your crook and grinning mask
Are greeted as if royal tokens sent
To end the sordid soul's imprisonment
And gild with wit the plodder's weary task;
To make despair the laggard's scourge, at most,
And fortune's fiercest fling a futile boast.





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