Cleis

Sleep, darlingI have a smalldaughter

Cleis, who islike a goldenflower
I wouldn'ttake all Croesus'kingdom with lovethrown in, for her—-Don't ask me what to wearI have no embroideredheadband from Sardis togive you,

Cleis, such asI wore
and my motheralways said that in herday a purple ribbonlooped in the hair was thoughtto be high style indeedbut we were dark:
a girlwhose hair is yellower thantorchlight should wear noheaddress but fresh flowerstranslated by:

Barnard