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 "Kind nymph, said Mars, thy counsel I approve; "Art, only art, her ruthless breast can move. "but when? or how? They dark discourse explain: "So may thy stream ne'er swell with gushing rain; "So may thy waves in one pure current flow, "And flowers eternal on thy border blow!"


 * To whom the maid replied with smiling mien:

"Above the palace of the Paphian queen " Love's brother dwells, a boy of graceful port, "By gods nam'd Euphron, and by mortals Sport: "Seek him; to faithful ears unfold thy grief, "And hope, ere morn return, a sweet relief. "His temple hangs below the azure skies; "Seest thou yon argent cloud? 'Tis there it lies." This said, she sunk beneath the liquid plain, And sought the mansion of her blue-hair'd train.