You with the roses, rosy is your charm; but what do you sell, yourself or the roses, or both?

Ἡ τὰ ῥόδα, ῥοδόεσσαν ἔχεις χάριν ἀλλὰ τί πωλεῖς;
σαυτήν, ἢ τὰ ῥόδα; ἠὲ συναμφότερα

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A. C. Benson, "The Flower-Girl", The Reed of Pan (1922), p. 169 | Pretty maid, you are fair as the roses you bear; Come tell me, what is it you sell? Your kisses, your posies, yourself or your roses, Or yourself and your roses as well? | Cf. F. L. Lucas, "The Rose-girl", Greek Poetry for Everyman (1951), p. 328; Simon Raven, The Roses of Picardie (1980), ch. 6

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