Tag Archives: Maurice Greiffenhagen (1862–1931)

Hymn to Aphrodite Throned in splendor, immortal Aphrodite!Child of Zeus, Enchantress, I implore theeSlay me not in this distress and anguish,Lady of beauty. Hither come as once before thou camest,When from afar thou heard’st my voice lamenting,Heard’st and camest, leaving thy glorious father’s Palace golden, Yoking thy chariot. Fair the doves that bore thee;Swift toContinue reading “Hymn to Aphrodite”