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THE EMPEROR'S PROGRESS.

A STUDY IN THREE STAGES.

(On the Busts of Nero in the Uffizj.)

i.

A child of brighter than the morning's birth

⁠And lovelier than all smiles that may be smiled
⁠Save only of little children undefiled,
Sweet, perfect, witless of their own dear worth,
Live rose of love, mute melody of mirth,
⁠Glad as a bird is when the woods are mild,
⁠Adorable as is nothing save a child,
Hails with wide eyes and lips his life on earth,

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