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Fair Apollonia, name august, / Greek echo of the sacred vale, / Great name whose harmonies robust / Thee as Apollo's sister hail!
Struck with the plectrum on the lyre, / And in melodious beauty sung, / Brighter than love's and glory's fire, / It resonant rings upon the tongue.
At such a classic sound as this, / The elves plunge down their German lake. / Alone the Delphian worthy is / So lustreful a name to take, --
Pythia! when in her flowing dress / She mounts her place with feet unshod, / And, priestess white and prophetess, / Wistful awaits the tardy god.