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Marinda

Poems and Translations upon Several Occasions [by Mary Monck]
  

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Upon a noble Venetian Lady.

Mankind had giv'n the Cyprian Altars o'er,
And ceas'd the Goddess longer to adore.
Venus oft ask'd the Cause; at last she heard
On th'Adrian Sea a Rival had appear'd:

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Whether She Mortal or Immortal were,
Was doubtful, but Men paid their Homage there.
The Queen of Paphos rag'd, nor wou'd She stay,
But thro' the foaming Billows cut her Way:
Saw Moceniga; and, with Envy fir'd,
Back to her Cyprus sullenly retir'd.