Athene visits Nausicaa, a princess, in a dream
To tell her she should go and do her laundry in a stream
Odysseus awakes and he hears Nausicaa at play
But when they see Odysseus, her handmaids run away!
He’s naked save for a few leaves, his skin is caked with brine
He stands there before Nausikaa and says "You look divine!
I've never seen a girl or boy who looks as good as thee
though once I was in Delos and I saw a lovely tree."
Through such praise and flattery Nausicaa is impressed
"I'll help to bring you to our town, but first you must get dressed."
"But first", he says "I'll need to bathe, now girls, it's rude to stare"
He bathes and oils his skin and then Athene does his hair.
"Now take me to your city, for I'd like to meet your father"
"I will" replies the princess "but I think that you had rather
wait in a grove just outside town and let me get back first
If people see me with you then they're sure to think the worst!"
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