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Alexandra
ALEXANDRA INTRODUCTORY PINDARIC ODE BY O.C. Alexandra ! Alexandra ! Lege ! non ero Cassandra. Ego scribam quæ me decet : Xenophon non nimis fecit. Alexandra ! Alexandra ! Non ero mala Cassandra. De te poetam, fac, ver, me ! Regne ! Vive ! Ama ! Germe ! Alexandra ! me inerme ! Regne ! Ama ! Germe ! Vive ! Ex ad te it cupido cive. Gratiam Deo demus mutuam In cubili si te futuam. Non ero mala Cassandra, Alexandra ! Alexandra !1 Mrs Coxs Latinity is sometimes not quite up to Fleet Street mark : and these lines are decidedly not regular hexameters …
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