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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The Aeneid - pg. 352

'Daughter of Latona,
Diana, kindly virgin of the groves,
I, her father, swear this child shall be
Thy servant -- the first weapon she embraces
Thine, as by thy mercy through the air
She escapes the enemy. I beg thee, goddess,
Take her as thine own, this girl committed
Now to the veering wind.'
Then he drew back
His arm and let the spun shaft fly. The waters
Dinned below, and over the rushing stream
Small and forlorn Camilla soared across

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