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The Cyprian came to thy cradle, / When thou wast little and small, / And said to the nurse who rocked thee / "Fear not thou for the child:
"She shall be kindly favoured, / And fair and fashioned well, / As befits the Lesbian maidens / And those who are fated to love. "
Hermes came to thy cradle, / Resourceful, sagacious, serene, / And said, "The girl must have knowledge, / To lend her freedom and poise.
Naught will avail her beauty, / If she have not wit beside. / She shall be Hermes' daughter, / Passing wise in her day. "
Great Pan came to thy cradle, / With calm of the deepest hills, / And smiled, "They have forgotten / The veriest power of life.
"To kindle her shapely beauty, / And illumine her mind withal, / I give to the little person / The glowing and craving soul. "