Apollonius of Rhodes Quote

With a parting kiss her bed she press'd,
Clung round each door, and e'n the walls caress'd.
A lock she tore of loosely-flowing hair,
And safe consign'd it to her mother's care,
The sacred relick of her virgin-fame.


Lines 31–35 - Argonautica (3rd century BC) - Book IV


With a parting kiss her bed she press'd, Clung round each door, and e'n the walls caress'd. A lock she tore of loosely-flowing hair, And safe...

With a parting kiss her bed she press'd, Clung round each door, and e'n the walls caress'd. A lock she tore of loosely-flowing hair, And safe...

With a parting kiss her bed she press'd, Clung round each door, and e'n the walls caress'd. A lock she tore of loosely-flowing hair, And safe...

With a parting kiss her bed she press'd, Clung round each door, and e'n the walls caress'd. A lock she tore of loosely-flowing hair, And safe...