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O Miss, from out your window blowing kisses—
A Miss by your face, but lower down a Mrs.

Ὦ διὰ τῶν θυρίδων καλὸν ἐμβλέποισα,
παρθένε τὰν κεφαλάν, τὰ δ᾽ἔνερθε νύμφα.

Original text (Ancient Greek)

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Tr. M. L. West, Greek Lyric Poetry (Oxford UP, 1994), p. 189

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