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A CICADA by MELEAGER

First Line: CHIRRUPING GRASSHOPPER, DRUNKEN WITH DEW-DROPS
Last Line: HERE, LYING UNDER THE SHADE OF THE PLANE.
Subject(s): CICADAS;

CHIRRUPING grasshopper, drunken with dewdrops,
Lonely thou tunest a shrill meadow-lay,
Perched upon petals, with legs that are saw-like,
Swarthy one, as on a cithern to play.

Friend, sing anew for delight of the tree-nymphs,
Answer to Pan with a rivalling strain,
That I, fleeing Love, may get sleep in the noon-tide
Here, lying under the shade of the plane.



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