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 Ado’nai.Ado’nies. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Adona’is (4 syl.).
 
The song about Ado’nis; Shelley’s elegy on Keats is so called. See Bion’s Lament for Adonis.   1
 


 Ado’nai.Ado’nies. 

 
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