Heraclea

Three times she swore that she would come,
And called the lamp to hear her oath;
Now with another doth she roam
Inconstant to us both.

Bring to my aid thy power divine,
And when she greets her friend to-night
And fain before his eyes would shine
Put out, dear Lamp, thy light.
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Asclepiades
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