"Three maidens, Pallas, give their gifts to thee. The slender woof can they like spiders spin Demo her basket brings, Arsinoë The distaff whence the thread falls fine and thin, And Bacchylis the shuttle that doth sing A busy nightingale among the thread, For pure, and far from every shameful thing, These maidens maidenly would win their bread!"
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Andrew Lang, "Gifts", Grass of Parnassus (2nd. ed., 1892), p. 162
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Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang (March 31 1844 – July 20 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales, including the works of Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and Hans Christian Andersen.
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