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 With ravish'd ears
 The monarch hears,
  Assumes the god,
   Affects to nod,
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 With ravish'd ears
 The monarch hears,
  Assumes the god,
   Affects to nod,
    And seems to shake the spheres. 
 Some thoughtlessly proclaim the Muses nine:
 A tenth is Sappho, maid divine.  
 Some thoughtlessly proclaim the Muses nine:
 A tenth is Sappho, maid divine. 
 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?] 
 I, Phoebus, sang those songs that gained so much renown
 I, Phoebus, sang them; Homer only wrote them down.  
 I, Phoebus, sang those songs that gained so much renown
 I, Phoebus, sang them; Homer only wrote them down. 
 Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many 
things fall out betweene the cup and the read more 
 Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many 
things fall out betweene the cup and the lip. 
 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and 
cried out, saying, Great is Diana of read more 
 And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and 
cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 
 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! 
 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. 
Speak of the gods as they are.
Speak of the gods as they are.