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NAUSICAA, by                    
First Line: The skies o'er scheria are always blue
Last Line: A memory to cherish unafraid.
Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Yale University


THE skies o'er Scheria are always blue
Because of one fair presence on the isle,
One heart that knows nor evil thought nor guile,
A maiden ever innocently true.
No aftermath of rosemary and rue
Is thine, Nausicaa. No lurking wile
Lies hid beneath the charm of that swift smile
That fades as lightly as it lightly grew.
Thy lamp once shed a soft and silvery beam
Athwart the Wanderer from overseas,
Who, tasting bitterly his soured lees,
Forbore to mar thy delicate pure dream,
And, so departing, left the lily-maid
A memory to cherish unafraid.





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