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 The son of Saturn gave
 The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls
  Upon the Sovereign read more 
 The son of Saturn gave
 The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls
  Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head
   Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount,
    Olympus trembled. 
 Either Zeus came to earth to shew his form to thee,
 Phidias, or thou to heaven hast gone the read more 
 Either Zeus came to earth to shew his form to thee,
 Phidias, or thou to heaven hast gone the god to see. 
 And that dismal cry rose slowly
 And sank slowly through the air,
  Full of spirit's melancholy
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 And that dismal cry rose slowly
 And sank slowly through the air,
  Full of spirit's melancholy
   And eternity's despair!
    And they heart the words it said--
     Pan is dead! great Pan is dead!
      Pan, Pan is dead! 
 The heathen in his blindness
 Bows down to wood and stone.  
 The heathen in his blindness
 Bows down to wood and stone. 
 Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we?
 [Lat., O dii immortales! ubinam gentium sumus?]  
 Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we?
 [Lat., O dii immortales! ubinam gentium sumus?] 
 The Graces, three erewhile, are three no more;
 A fourth is come with perfume sprinkled o'er.
  'Tis read more 
 The Graces, three erewhile, are three no more;
 A fourth is come with perfume sprinkled o'er.
  'Tis Berenice blest and fair; were she
   Away the Graces would no Graces be. 
 Never, believe me,
 Appear the Immortals,
  Never alone.  
 Never, believe me,
 Appear the Immortals,
  Never alone. 
 The Ethiop gods have Ethiop lips,
 Bronze cheeks, and woolly hair;
  The Grecian gods are like the read more 
 The Ethiop gods have Ethiop lips,
 Bronze cheeks, and woolly hair;
  The Grecian gods are like the Greeks,
   As keen-eyed, cold and fair. 
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.