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[email protected]. e t C e t e r a 1 9 7 2 .. THE SONG OF PASIAPHE CANTO I* Argument: Pasiaphe. Her lineage. Her youth. Her parents' fate. Farmer Minus and his plans. Alcinous. Alcinous' potential; his failure. Impending doom for Alcinous. Pasiaphe: her puberty and affection. Farmer Minus and his improved plan. The mating of Pasiaphe and Alcinous. Her maternal contentment. A new cycle: fall and butchering time. A black cow fed upon the grass And pastured on the lee, Of Angus blood she traced her line, A bovine order, fat and fine, Her name, Pasiaphe. Her father was an Angus bull, And some folk called him Ellis; Her mother was a Hereford full And for her Angus did she drool; As for a grape-hung trellis. Their little calf would often bawl, And gambol on the slopes; A real hide-bound calliope, They called their young Pasiaphe, And raised their beefish hopes.