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VIOLENCE<br />
No, you shall not take me by force, and do not think you will, oh, Lamprias! If you<br />
have heard that Parthenis was raped, know then she met her ravisher half-way,<br />
for we cannot be enjoyed without our invitation.<br />
Oh! do your best, make your strongest effort. See, you have fallen short, although<br />
I scarce defend myself. I shall not call for help. And I shall not even struggle; but<br />
I move. Poor friend, you've fallen short again, I see.<br />
Continue. This little game is funny. More especially since I know that I shall win.<br />
One more unhappy pass and perhaps you'll not be so disposed to prove the<br />
weakness <strong>of</strong> your feeble lust.<br />
Butcher, what are you doing! Cur, you are breaking my wrists! and this knee,<br />
this knee which disembowels me! Ah! now, what a pretty conquest, to rape a<br />
young girl on the ground, in tears.<br />
SONG (4)<br />
The first one gave me a necklace, a necklace <strong>of</strong> pearls worth a city, with temples<br />
and palaces, treasures and slaves.<br />
The second wrote poetry for me. He said that my tresses were black as the<br />
night's, and my eyes were as blue as the day's.<br />
The third one was handsome; so handsome, that his mother would blush when<br />
she kissed him. He put his hands on my knees, and his lips he would press to my<br />
feet.<br />
You, you have said nothing to me. You have given me naught, being poor. And<br />
you are not overly handsome, but you are the one that I love.<br />
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