...Venus, at a birth, With two sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore : Or whether, as some sager sing. The frolic wind, that breathes the spring, Zephyr,...violets blue, And fresh-blown roses, wash'd in dew, FiU'd her with thee, a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Haste thee. Nymph, and bring...

...men heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth, With two sister Graces more, To ¡vy-crowned Bacchus bore ; Or whether (as some sages sing) The...spring, Zephyr with Aurora playing, As he met her once a-mayingv There on beds of violets blue, And fresh blown-roses wash'd in dew, Fill'd her with thee...

...that loves the flocks and Arcadia's shady hills. A few steps higher you saw the figure of MIRTH — " Whom lovely Venus, at a birth, With two sister graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore,"— laughing from her niche ; and the next turn of the ascent presented the Goddess of Beauty, radiant...

...But come, thou goddess fair and free, In heaven yclep'd Euphrosync, And by men heart-casing Mirth, . . Y0 fresh blown-roses wash M in dew, Fill'd her with tliee a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair....

...yclept Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth, With two sister-graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore, Or whether (as...once a-maying, There on beds of violets blue, And fresh blown roses washed in dew, Filled her with a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Haste...

...But come, thou goddess fair and free, In heaven yclep'd Euphrosyne, And by men heart-easing Mirth, y bright 1 To Nigtd. [From • The Vision of Delight...Break, Phantasy, from thy cave of cloud, And sprea eagcs sing) The frolic wind that breathes the spring, Zephyr with Aurora playing, As he met her once...

...BUT come, thou Goddess, fair and free, In heav'n yclep'd Euphrosyne, And of men heart-easing Mirth ; Whom lovely Venus at a birth, With two sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore : Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles....

...But come, thou Goddess fair and free, In Heav'n yclep'd Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces...spring, Zephyr, with Aurora playing, As he met her once a maying, There on beds of vi'lets blue, And fresh blown roses wash'd in dew, Fill'd her with thee...

...he seems, however, himself inclined to the latter of the two, we will even suppose it so to be: — Or whether (as some sages sing) The frolic wind that...spring, Zephyr with Aurora playing, As he met her once a Maying ; There on beds of violets blue, And fresh-blown roses wash'd in dew, &c. Some dull people...

...But come, thou goddess fair and free, In heaven yclept Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth ; Whom lovely Venus, at a birth With two sister Graces...To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore : Or whether (as some sager sing) The frolic wind that breathes the spring, Zephyr with Aurora playing, As he met her once...