第1章 The vital choice

I.

Or shall we run with Artemis Or yield the breast to Aphrodite?

Both are mighty;

Both give bliss;

Each can torture if divided;

Each claims worship undivided, In her wake would have us wallow.

II.

Youth must offer on bent knees Homage unto one or other;Earth, the mother, This decrees;

And unto the pallid Scyther Either points us shun we either Shun or too devoutly follow.