Sacred Texts: The Classics

The Songs of Bilitis: I. Bucolics In Pamphylia: Maternal Counsel

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My mother bathes me in the dark, she dresses me in the sunlight and coifs me in the soft glow of the lamp; but if I go out in the moonlight she ties my girdle and makes a double knot. She tells me: "Play with the virgins, dance with the little children; do not look out of the window; fly the conversation of young men and fear the widow's counsel. "Some evening, someone, as has always been, will come to lead you over the threshold in the midst of a great cortège of sounding drums and amorous…

The Songs of Bilitis: I. Bucolics In Pamphylia: Maternal Counsel

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