Versos English Rennell Rodd Erinna

English poem

Erinna

by (1858–1941)

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The lyric maid Erinna, the poet-bee that drew The honey from the rarest blooms the muses' garden grew, Hath Hades snatched to be his bride. Mark where the maiden saith, Prophetic in her wisdom, 'How envious art thou, Death!'

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