Chapter 7 of 17 · 54 words · ~1 min read

VII.

In snows on rocks, sweet Flower of Gnide, Thou wert not cradled, wert not born; She who has not a fault beside, Should ne'er be signalised for scorn; Else tremble at the fate forlorn Of Anaxarete, who spurned The weeping Iphis from her gate; Who, scoffing long, relenting late, Was to a statue turned.