University of Virginia Library

Search this document 

collapse section 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 1. 
 2. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
expand section 

ODE XXX.

[The Muses took the God of Love]

The Muses took the God of Love,
And flowery bands around him wove,
And, when they had disarm'd him so,
To Beauty gave the captive foe:
And Venus with a golden fee
Now seeks to set her Cupid free.
What then? if any loose the God,
He will not leave his new abode;
There will he stay, contentedly—
A bondsman he has learnt to be.