Lyra Frivola by A. D. (Alfred Denis) Godley
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about to commence, when--_)
_Enter_ APOLLO (_With apologies to Dr V-rr-ll for his profligate character._) When all too deftly poets tie the knot And can't untwist their complicated plot, 'Tis then that comes by Jove's supreme decrees The useful _theos apo mechanes_. [5] Rash youths! forbear ungallantly to vex Your fellow students of the softer sex! Ladies! proud leaders of our culture's van, Crush not too cruelly the reptile Man! Or by experience you, as now, will learn Th' eternal maxim's truth, that e'en a worm will turn. [1. Transcriber's note: The words "Pheu" and "pheu" were transliterated from the Greek as follows: "Pheu"--Phi, epsilon, upsilon; "pheu"--phi, epsilon, upsilon.] [2. Transcriber's note: The words "otototoi" and "ototototoi" were transliterated from the Greek as follows: the "ot" pairs--omicron (with the rough-breathing diacritical), tau; the trailing "i"--iota.] [3. Transcriber's note: The word "Nous" was transliterated from the Greek as follows: Nu, omicron, upsilon, sigma.] [4. Transcriber's note: The "a" and "B" following each "Hemich" were |
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