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To Aphrodite

You know the place:

Leave Crete and come to uswaiting where the grove ispleasantest, by precinctssacred to you; incensesmokes on the altar, coldstreams murmur through theapple branches, a youngrose thicket shades the groundand quivering leaves pourdown deep sleep; in meadowswhere horses have grown sleekamong spring flowers, dillscents the air.

Queen!

Cyprian!

Fill our gold cups with lovestirred into clear nectartranslated by:

Barnard

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