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A MAIDEN'S PRAYERS
I
Leave the flower alone,
In the maidens' place
From her childhood grown!
Leave the flower alone
In her maiden grace.
In the maidens' place
From her childhood grown!
Leave the flower alone
In her maiden grace.
She is but a child
With a childish smile;
Meadow-sweet and wild;
She is but a child!
Leave her yet awhile.
With a childish smile;
Meadow-sweet and wild;
She is but a child!
Leave her yet awhile.
Artemis my Queen
Guard and grace thy flower;
Bend with arrows keen
O'er the maidens' bower,
Artemis my Queen!
Guard and grace thy flower;
Bend with arrows keen
O'er the maidens' bower,
Artemis my Queen!
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II
Aphrodité Queen
Take thy suppliant's part
In the lonesome hour;
With thy hand of power
Staunch the bleeding heart,
Aphrodité Queen.
Take thy suppliant's part
In the lonesome hour;
With thy hand of power
Staunch the bleeding heart,
Aphrodité Queen.
Come as once thou cam'st
To the Lesbian maid;
Quit thy daedal throne,
Clasp thy wonder-zone,
In thy smile array'd
Come as once thou cam'st.
To the Lesbian maid;
Quit thy daedal throne,
Clasp thy wonder-zone,
In thy smile array'd
Come as once thou cam'st.
Aphrodité, Queen
Of the tell-tale eye,
Of the brimming heart,
Take thy votary's part,
Take me, or I die,
Aphrodité Queen!
Of the tell-tale eye,
Of the brimming heart,
Take thy votary's part,
Take me, or I die,
Aphrodité Queen!
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