Paulus Silentiarius
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I who formerly in my youth with stubborn heart refused to yield to the
sweet empire of Cypris, wielder of the goad, I who was proof against the
consuming arrows of the Loves, now grown half grey, bend the neck to
thee, O Paphian queen. Receive me and laugh elate that thou conquerest
wise Pallas now even more than when ye contended for the apple of the
Hesperides.