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Another to the Same. (To Leonora)
By William Cowper
Naples, too credulous, ah! boast no more
The sweet-voiced Siren buried on thy shore,
That, when Parthenope[1] deceas'd, she gave
Her sacred dust to a Chalcidic[2] grave,
For still she lives, but has exchanged the hoarse
Pausilipo for Tiber's placid course,
Where, idol of all Rome, she now in chains,
Of magic song both Gods and Men detains.
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From: Poemata: Latin, Greek And Italian Poems By John Milton Translated by William Cowper
1. One of the Sirens.
2. From Chalcis, whence the Greek colonies of South Italy came.
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