[With apologies to H.D.]


Let me braid flowers in your hair -

Let me braid flowers in your doe-bright hair.

You who send me to Aphrodite,

Hyacinth and cyclamen

Let me bind in your doe-bright hair.

In my lap drape your silken tresses,

Alabaster limbs -

Let me braid flowers in your hair

Before you go to him.


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