"With wine and words of love and every vow He lulled me into bed and closed my eyes, A sleepy, stupid innocent . . . So now I dedicate the spoils of my surprise: The silk that bound my breasts, my virgin zone, The cherished purity I could not keep. Goddess, remember we were all alone, And he was strong—and I was half asleep."
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Louis Untermeyer, "Seduced Girl", The New Penguin Book of Love Poetry (2003)
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Hedylus (Greek: Ἥδυλος; fl. 3rd century BC) was a Greek epigrammatist of the Hellenistic period. His epigrams were included in the Garland of Meleager, now lost. Eleven are preserved in the Greek Anthology.
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