THE LOST TAILS OF MILETUS

By Bret Harte

High on the Thracian hills, half hid in the billows of clover,

Thyme, and the asphodel blooms, and lulled by Pactolian streamlet,

She of Miletus lay, and beside her an aged satyr

Scratched his ear with his hoof, and playfully mumbled his chestnuts.