Fragment of an Ode to Maia

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MOTHER of Hermes! and still youthful Maia!
     May I sing to thee
     As thou wast hymnèd on the shores of Bai??
     Or may I woo thee
     In earlier Sicilian? or thy smiles 5
     Seek as they once were sought in Grecian isles
     By bards who died content on pleasant sward
     Leaving great verse unto a little clan?
     O give me their old vigour! and unheard
     Save of the quiet primrose and the span 10
     Of heaven and few ears
     Rounded by thee my song should die away
     Content as theirs
     Rich in the simple worship of a day.