interdum blandae derepta monilia divae contrectat miseroque aptat flagrantia collo, quaque dedit teneros aurum furiale per artus, deficit; ac sua virgo deae gestamina reddit, non gemmis, non illa levi turbata metallo, sed facibus, sed mole dei, quem pectore toto iam tenet; extremus roseo pudor errat in ore.
At whiles she fingers the necklace plucked from the winsome goddess, and fits it, flashing fire, about her hapless neck, and where she has set the maddening gold upon her tender limbs there her strength fails; and the maiden gives back the ornament to the goddess, overcome not by the gems nor by the light metal, but by the fire, by the strong influence of the god whom she hath made free of all her heart, while the last remnant of shame hovers in the blushes of her cheek.
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