| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1723. Alpheus and Arethusa |
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| | | By Eugene Howell Daly |
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| A NYMPH there was in Arcadie | |
| Who owned a crystal spring; | |
| And there she ’d wash, sans mackintosh, | |
| B’gosh, or anything. | |
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| A youth there was in Arcadie | 5 |
| Who hunted o’er the brooks; | |
| He would not tote an overcoat, | |
| But travelled on his looks. | |
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| Though ancient Greece had no police, | |
| The gods did as they ’d oughter; | 10 |
| To put them quite from mortal sight | |
| They turned them into water! | |
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