Matthew Prior. Poems on Several Occasions | ||
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VENUS Mistaken.
I
When Cloe's Picture was to Venus shown;Surpriz'd, the Goddess took it for Her own.
And what, said She, does this bold Painter mean?
When was I Bathing thus, and Naked seen?
II
Pleas'd Cupid heard, and check'd His Mother's Pride:And who's blind now, Mamma? the Urchin cry'd.
'Tis Cloe's Eye, and Cheek, and Lip, and Breast:
Friend Howard's Genius fancy'd all the rest.
Matthew Prior. Poems on Several Occasions | ||