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A FORGOTTEN GROTTO by W. S. HASTINGS

First Line: THE LOVES OF GODS OF OTHER DAYS
Last Line: THE GAYLY CALLING PIPES OF PAN.
Subject(s): YALE UNIVERSITY;

THE loves of gods of other days
Still gleam moss-covered on thy walls,
The fountain that still laughing plays
Spatters thy marble as it falls
In rainbows through the golden haze.

And yet -- was that the whispering breeze?
I seemed to hear the dryads laugh,
The sound of clicking hoofs as flees
The satyr, followed close by half
A swarm of wanton, pillaged bees.

The sunlight dies, the zephyrs fan
The hillsides with the breath of wine;
And fresh as when the gods began
Come wood-notes weird and half divine,
The gayly calling pipes of Pan.



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