The Poetical Works of the late Mrs Mary Robinson including many pieces never before published. In Three Volumes |
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SONNET XXXIV.
Venus! to thee, the Lesbian Muse shall sing,The song, which Mitylenian youths admir'd,
When echo, am'rous of the strain inspir'd,
Bade the wild rocks with madd'ning plaudits ring!
Attend my pray'r! O! queen of rapture! bring
To these fond arms, him who my soul has fir'd;
From these fond arms remov'd, yet still desir'd,
Though love, exulting, spreads his varying wing!
Oh! source of ev'ry joy! of ev'ry care!
Blest Venus! goddess of the zone divine!
To Phaon's bosom, Phaon's victim bear;
So shall her warmest, tend'rest vows be thine!
For Venus, Sappho shall a wreath prepare,
And love be crown'd, immortal as the Nine!
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