The First Lines
- The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks,
- All but the youngest. She in paleness sought the secret air,
- To fade away like morning beauty from her mortal day.
- Down by the river of Adona her soft voice is heard,
- And thus her gentle lamentation falls like the morning dew;
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