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The Bibelot
VOLUME I
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From The Bibelot, A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers, chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known, Volume I, Number V, Testimonial Edition, Edited and Originally Published by Thomas B. Mosher, Portland, Maine; Wm. Wise & Co.; New York; 1895; p. 156.
Maidens, dumb as I am, I speak thus, if any ask, and set before your feet a tireless voice: To Leto’s daughter Aethopia was I dedicated by Arista daugher of Hermocleides son of Saonaiades, thy servant, O queen of women; whom bless thou, and deign to glorify our house.
Does any ask? I answer from the dead;
A voice that lives is graven o’er my head:
To dark-eyed Dian, ere my days begun,
Aristo vowed me, wife of Saon’s son:
Then hear thy priestess, hear, O virgin Power,
And thy best gifts on Saon’s lineage shower.
R.