{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/sob/sob044.htm","path":"cla/sob/sob044.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/sob/sob044.htm","text":"\"When the waters of the river climb the snowy-covered peaks; when wheat and barley sprout between the moving ocean hills;\n\"When pine-trees take their birth from lakes and water-lilies spring from stones, and when the sun grows black and the moon falls on the grass;\n\"Then but then alone, shall I take another mistress, then shall I forget thee, Bilitis, soul of my life, heart of my heart.\"\nHe told me so! he told me so! What matters all the world,--where is the madder ecstasy to match itself beside my own!","title":"The Songs of Bilitis: I. Bucolics In Pamphylia: The Vow","type":"page"}