The Idyllia, Epigrams, and Fragments, of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus with the Elegies of Tyrtaeus, Translated from the Greek into English Verse. To which are Added, Dissertations and Notes. By the Rev. Richard Polwhele |
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XIII. On the IMAGE of the Heavenly VENUS.
Approach with Reverence—and your Offerings pay!Behold no Goddess of the Vulgar here!
The Gift of chaste Chrysogona survey,
And stile her Venus of the rolling Sphere.
Plac'd in the House of Amphicles, she saw
Her Votary steady in domestic Life:
Approv'd her, true to Nature's genuine Law,
A tender Mother, and as fond a Wife.
Each smiling Year with some new Blessing came,
Thro' thee, Protectress of their genial Store!
Lo! their pure Bosoms felt Devotion's Flame—
And all shall prosper who the Gods adore!
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