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Is the day long, / O Lesbian maiden, / And the night endless / In thy lone chamber / In Mitylene?
All the bright day, / Until welcome evening / When the stars kindle / Over the harbour, / What tasks employ thee?
Passing the fountain / At golden sundown, / One of the home-going / Traffickers, hast thou / Thought of thy lover?
Nay, but how far / Too brief will the night be, / When I returning / To the dear portal / Hear my own heart beat!