A man bitten by a mad hound, they say,sees an image of the beast in the water.Is Eros then wild with rabies?Did he gash me with his bitter toothand ravage my spirit with his heat?For now I see your darling form mirroredin wine cup, river whirlpool and the sea.
-Paulus Silentiarius
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