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thee from sleep to grief and beat thy breast and tell it to all. The 

 fair Adonis hath perished/"' 



16, 17. A cruel wound hath Adonis in his thigh, but greater 

 is the wound in Aphrodite's heart. ^"^ 



19, 24. Aphrodite unbinding her braided tresses, goes wander- 

 ing through the forest, in her distracted grief, not tasting food, with 

 feet unsandaled; and as she wanders on, the thorns pierce her feet 

 and, "pluck the blossoms of her sacred blood." With shrill moans 

 of grief, she hastens on through the long vales, calling again and 

 again for her Assyrian lord.^^^ 



35. " And the flowers flush red with anguish,"^*) 



64-66. As many as are the drops of blood that flow from the 

 wound of Adonis, so many are the tears of Aphrodite. And from 

 the drops of blood springs up the rose, and from the tears, the wind 

 flower. ^^^ 



One will note how daintily and beautifully the English poet 

 adapts the literal description of his Greek original to suit the purpose 

 of his theme. The wild wood through which Aphrodite wanders 



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