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there be yet one other who may difpute the precedence 

 with him in my affection, it is Anacreon — the moft 

 amiable, natural, fprightly, agreeable, and youthful 

 old man in all Elyfium. My good Phaon ! thefe are 

 perfons of whom a girl in Elyfium may be proud of 

 being beloved ! 



Phaon afide.~] How beautiful ihe was while talking 

 of thofe old grey-bearded hollow-eyed river-gods! 

 [J loud: Unlefs thou fay eft all this for the fake of ma- 

 king me mad, the leap from the leucadian rock has ef- 

 fected a ftrange alteration in thee. 



Sappho.] That is the only circumftance in which I 

 am fincerely kind to thee, dear Phaon ; and as foon as 

 thou haft gone through thy quarantine, and qualified 

 thyfelf for a place in good company, thou wilt fee no 

 caufe to charge me with ingratitude. In the mean 

 time, farewell! — [She turn? about in order to leave ibinu 

 Ajide : I can no longer bear to be with the difgufting 

 creature. 



Phaon.] Thou art very much in hafte. — Some ap- 

 pointment perhaps with thy old Anacreon, ©r great 

 grandfather Neftor ? — Thou mayft fave thyfelf the 

 trouble ; for if I fee aright, the old bacchanal of Teos is 

 coming to thee, from yon fide-walk, with a chaplet of 

 rofes on his bald head, and the full-flowing goblet in 

 his hand. [He retires to one fide. 



Sappho.] Thou haft rightly feen. — Whence, o 

 minftrel of the Graces, this unexpected meeting ? 



Anacreon.] The bleffed inhabitants of Elyftum 

 have fent me, fair poetefs, to introduce thee into their 

 afiembly. Thy penance is completed — and in this 

 golden goblet, filled with the water of JLethe, I bring 



thee 



