Artemis

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Her form bathed in luminous light

She is the Goddess of the night

Hair bedecked with crescent moon

The wood's silence is her tune

The silver twin to the golden Sun

'Tis her that no prey could outrun

To none, there was no escape

As her arrows take their shape

Ichor burns within, fierce and bold

A free spirit that none could hold

Steading the bow, keen to aim

Firing to kill, never to maim

Not Nyx nor predecessor Selene

The Huntress, the nightly Queen

Never to be touched by Man

Nor by their lustful hand

A Woman, Maiden, Goddess

Warrior's heart within the bodice

Bright as the Moon shone

The lurking forest, her throne

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