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RHAICOS was born amid the hills wherefrom	A
Gnidos the light of Caria is discern d	B
And small are the white crested that play near	C
And smaller onward are the purple waves	D
Thence festal choirs were visible all crown d	B
With rose and myrtle if they were inborn	E
If from Pandion sprang they on the coast	F
Where stern Athen rais d her citadel	G
Then olive was entwin d with violets	H
Cluster d in bosses regular and large	I
For various men wore various coronals	H
But one was their devotion t was to her	J
Whose laws all follow her whose smile withdraws	H
The sword from Ares thunderbolt from Zeus	H
And whom in his chill caves the mutable	K
Of mind Poseidon the sea king reveres	H
And whom his brother stubborn Dis hath pray d	B
To turn in pity the averted cheek	L
Of her he bore away with promises	H
Nay with loud oath before dread Styx itself	M
To give her daily more and sweeter flowers	H
Than he made drop from her on Enna s dell	G
Rhaicos was looking from his father s door	N
At the long trains that hasten d to the town	O
From all the valleys like bright rivulets	H
Gurgling with gladness wave outrunning wave	P
And thought it hard he might not also go	Q
And offer up one prayer and press one hand	R
He knew not whose The father call d him in	S
And said Son Rhaicos those are idle games	H
Long enough I have liv d to find them so	Q
And ere he ended sigh d as old men do	T
Always to think how idle such games are	U
I have not yet thought Rhaicos in his heart	V
And wanted proof	W
Suppose thou go and help	X
Echion at the hill to bark yon oak	Y
And lop its branches off before we delve	Z
About the trunk and ply the root with axe	H
This we may do in winter	J
Rhaicos went	A2
For thence he could see farther and see more	N
Of those who hurried to the city gate	B2
Echion he found there with naked arm	A
Swart hair d strong sinew d and his eyes intent	A2
Upon the place where first the axe should fall	C2
He held it upright There are bees about	D2
Or wasps or hornets said the cautious eld	D2
Look sharp O son of Thallinos The youth	E2
Inclin d his ear afar and warily	B
And cavern d in his hand He heard a buzz	H
At first and then the sound grew soft and clear	C
And then divided into what seem d tune	F2
And there were words upon it plaintive words	H
He turn d and said Echion do not strike	G2
That tree it must be hollow for some god	D2
Speaks from within Come thyself near Again	H2
Both turn d toward it and behold there sat	D2
Upon the moss below with her two palms	H
Pressing it on each side a maid in form	A
Downcast were her long eyelashes and pale	I2
Her cheek but never mountain ash display d	B
Berries of color like her lip so pure	J2
Nor were the anemones about her hair	K2
Soft smooth and wavering like the face beneath	L2
What dost thou here Echion half afraid	D2
Half angry cried She lifted up her eyes	H
But nothing spake she Rhaicos drew one step	M2
Backward for fear came likewise over him	A
But not such fear he panted gasp d drew in	S
His breath and would have turn d it into words	H
But could not into one	N2
O send away	O2
That sad old man said she The old man went	D2
Without a warning from his master s son	N2
Glad to escape for sorely he now fear d	B
And the axe shone behind him in their eyes	H
Hamad And wouldst thou too shed the most innocent	D2
Of blood No vow demands it no god wills	H
The oak to bleed	D2
Rhaicos Who art thou whence why here	P2
And whither wouldst thou go Among the rob d	B
In white or saffron or the hue that most	D2
Resembles dawn or the clear sky is none	N2
Array d as thou art What so beautiful	K
As that gray robe which clings about thee close	H
Like moss to stones adhering leaves to trees	H
Yet lets thy bosom rise and fall in turn	Q2
As touch d by zephyrs fall and rise the boughs	H
Of graceful platan by the river side	D2
Hamad Lovest thou well thy father s house	H
Rhaicos Indeed	D2
I love it well I love it yet would leave	R2
For thine where er it be my father s house	H
With all the marks upon the door that show	Q
My growth at every birthday since the third	D2
And all the charms o erpowering evil eyes	H
My mother nail d for me against my bed	D2
And the Cydonian bow which thou shalt see	B
Won in my race last spring from Eutychos	B
Hamad Bethink thee what it is to leave a home	A
Thou never yet hast left one night one day	O2
Rhaicos No t is not hard to leave it t is not hard	D2
To leave O maiden that paternal home	A
If there be one on earth whom we may love	S2
First last for ever one who says that she	B
Will love for ever too To say which word	D2
Only to say it surely is enough	T2
It shows such kindness if t were possible	K
We at the moment think she would indeed	D2
Hamad Who taught thee all this folly at thy age	U2
Rhaicos I have seen lovers and have learn d to love	S2
Hamad But wilt thou spare the tree	B
Rhaicos My father wants	B
The bark the tree may hold its place awhile	V2
Hamad Awhile thy father numbers then my days	B
Rhaicos Are there no others where the moss beneath	L2
Is quite as tufty Who would send thee forth	W2
Or ask thee why thou tarriest Is thy flock	X2
Anywhere near	C
Hamad I have no flock I kill	Y2
Nothing that breathes that stirs that feels the air	K2
The sun the dew Why should the beautiful	K
And thou art beautiful disturb the source	B
Whence springs all beauty Hast thou never heard	D2
Of Hamadryads	B
Rhaicos Heard of them I have	Z2
Tell me some tale about them May I sit	D2
Beside thy feet Art thou not tired The herbs	B
Are very soft I will not come too nigh	A3
Do but sit there nor tremble so nor doubt	D2
Stay stay an instant let me first explore	N
If any acorn of last year be left	D2
Within it thy thin robe too ill protects	B
Thy dainty limbs against the harm one small	C2
Acorn may do Here s none Another day	O2
Trust me till then let me sit opposite	D2
Hamad I seat me be thou seated and content	D2
Rhaicos O sight for gods ye men below adore	N
The Aphrodit Is she there below	Q
Or sits she here before me as she sate	D2
Before the shepherd on those heights that shade	D2
The Hellespont and brought his kindred woe	Q
Hamad Reverence the higher Powers nor deem amiss	B
Of her who pleads to thee and would repay	O2
Ask not how much but very much Rise not	D2
No Rhaicos no Without the nuptial vow	B3
Love is unholy Swear to me that none	N2
Of mortal maids shall ever taste thy kiss	B
Then take thou mine then take it not before	N
Rhaicos Hearken all gods above O Aphrodit	D2
O Her Let my vow be ratified	D2
But wilt thou come into my father s house	B
Hamad Nay and of mine I cannot give thee part	D2
Rhaicos Where is it	D2
Hamad In this oak	Y
Rhaicos Ay now begins	B
The tale of Hamadryad tell it through	T
Hamad Pray of thy father never to cut down	O
My tree and promise him as well thou mayst	D2
That every year he shall receive from me	B
More honey than will buy him nine fat sheep	C3
More wax than he will burn to all the gods	B
Why fallest thou upon thy face Some thorn	E
May scratch it rash young man Rise up for shame	A
Rhaicos For shame I cannot rise O pity me	B
I dare not sue for love but do not hate	D2
Let me once more behold thee not once more	N
But many days let me love on unlov d	B
I aim d too high on my own head the bolt	D2
Falls back and pierces to the very brain	D3
Hamad Go rather go than make me say I love	S2
Rhaicos If happiness is immortality	B
And whence enjoy it else the gods above	S2
I am immortal too my vow is heard	D2
Hark on the left Nay turn not from me now	B3
I claim my kiss	B
Hamad Do men take first then claim	A
Do thus the seasons run their course with them	A
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Her lips were seal d her head sank on his breast	D2
T is said that laughs were heard within the wood	D2
But who should hear them and whose laughs and why	A3
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Savory was the smell and long past noon	F2
Thallinos in thy house for marjoram	A
Basil an	E3

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