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FIFTH BOOK OF HOMER'S ODYSSEY.
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That I design no other harm to thee;But that I plan for thee and counsel theeWhat I would do were I in need like thine.I bear a juster mind; my bosom holdsA pitying heart, and not a heart of steel." Thus having said, the glorious goddess movedAway with hasty steps, and where she trodHe followed, till they reached the vaulted cave,The goddess and the hero. There he tookThe seat whence Hermes had just risen. The nymphBrought forth whatever mortals eat and drinkTo set before him. She, right oppositeTo that of great Ulysses, took her seat.Ambrosia there her maidens laid, and therePoured nectar. Both put forth their hands, and tookThe ready viands, till at length the callsOf hunger and of thirst were satisfied;Calypso, glorious goddess, then began:
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