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” The fairest thing I leave behind is sunlight
then shining stars and the full moon’s face,
and also ripe cucumbers, and apples, and pears”
Hymn to Adonis
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The fairest thing I leave behind is sunlight,
then shining stars and the full moon’s face,
and also ripe cucumbers, and apples and pears.
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Yet they never persuaded your heart.
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Learning from the tale of Admetos, my friend, love the brave
but avoid cowards, knowing the gratitude of cowards is small.
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Watch for a scorpion, my friend, under every stone.
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You who look lovely from the windows —
a virgin face, but newly wed below . . .
