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ATLANTIS.
XIX.Then first within the bud the slow worm crawled; Then vipers first were found and reptiles foul;Then first the linnet's downy brood, appalled, Shrank from the murdering talons of the owl: Then beasts, grown terrible, began to prowlWithin the wood; then children learned to wail, Maidens to sigh and vengeful youths to scowl.Woe, woe, Atlantis, thou who didst prevail!Where shall thy refuge be, when angry gods assail?
