"Tears the Paphian shed, drop by drop for the drops of β Blood; and on earth each drop, as it fell, grew into a blossom: Roses sprang from the blood, and the tears gave birth to the wind-flower."
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Bion of Smyrna, "Lament for Adonis", as translated by J. A. Symonds Jr. in The Century Guild Hobby Horse (October 1890)
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