{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/sob/sob027.htm","path":"cla/sob/sob027.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/sob/sob027.htm","text":"This garland plaited by my very hands is not for Artemis who rules at Perga--though Artemis will shield me from the labour-pangs.\nNor for Sidonian Athene, although she be of ivory and gold, and bears in her hand a pomegranate to tempt the birds.\nNo, but for Aphrodite whom I love within my breast, for she alone can sate my hungry lips if I suspend upon her sacred tree my loops of tender rosebuds.\nBut never will I say my need aloud. I'll stand on tiptoe, whispering my wish in secret to a crevice in the bark.","title":"The Songs of Bilitis: I. Bucolics In Pamphylia: Offering ...","type":"page"}