Look at the lattice above
For a pretty wonder,—
Down to the necklet—a girl,
But a woman under.

Ὦ διὰ τᾶς θυρίδος καλὸν ἐμβλέποισα,
παρθένε τὰν κεφαλὰν, τὰ δ᾿ ἔνερθε νύμφα.

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/ Face at the latticed window Looking down so sweetly, Maiden head, maiden head, Maidenhead no more! —W. G. Headlam, A Book of Greek Verse (1907), p. 33

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