![]() ![]() In the next stanza, the speaker’s description moves to a field of flowers within the grove, where horses graze and sweet breezes blow. In the next stanza, she continues to paint an appealing picture of the grove, describing the sound of the rain in the wood and the roses interspersed among the trees, before speaking to the more mystical powers of the sacred place, which brings sleep to its visitors. ![]() The speaker begins by describing a beautiful orchard of apple trees studded with altars which burn incense in devotion to the goddess. “Fragment 2” is an appeal to Kypris, or the goddess Aphrodite, to come from far off Krete to a beautiful temple where the speaker resides. ![]()
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