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LESBOS.

Mother of Latin sports and Greek delights.
⁠Where kisses languishing or pleasureful,
⁠Warm as the suns, as the water-melons cool,
Adorn the glorious days and sleepless nights.
Mother of Latin sports and Greek delights.

Lesbos, where kisses are as waterfalls
⁠That fearless into gulfs unfathom'd leap,
Now run with sobs, now slip with gentle brawls,
⁠Stormy and secret, manifold and deep;
Lesbos, where kisses are as waterfalls!