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AL THE HYMNES OF HOMER.
An Hymne to Apollo.

will remember, and expresse the praise
Of heauens far darter, the faire King of daies.
Whom euen the Gods themselues feare, when he goes
Through Ioues high house; and when his goodly bowes
He goes to bend; all from their Thrones arise,
And cluster neare, t'admire his faculties.
Onely Latona, stirs not from her seate
Close by the Thunderer; till her sonnes retreat
From his dread archerie; but then she goes;
Slackens his string; and shuts his Quiuer close;
And (hauing taken to her hand, his bowe,
From off his able shoulders) doth bestowe
Upon a Pinne of gold the glorious Tiller;
The Pinne of gold fixt in his Fathers Piller.
 Then doth she to his Throne, his state vphold;
Where his great Father, in a cup of gold
Serues him with Nectar; and shews all, the grace
Of his great sonne. Then th'other gods take place.

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