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To Apollo
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Andrew Lang
The Homeric Hymns
George Allen & Company, Ltd, London
1899
Greece
To Apollo: prophecy, music, radiant power, healing, archery, divine order, sacred song, youth, splendour, authority
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To Apollo
Phoebus, to thee the swan sings shrill to the beating of his wings, as he lights on the bank of the whirling pools of the river Peneus; and to thee with his shrill lyre does the sweet-voiced minstrel sing ever, both first and last. Even so hail thou, Prince, I beseech thee in my song.
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