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 THE DEATH OF LOVE. eager gaze the Sovereign of the Skies Looked full on with his thousand eyes— E'en such a gaze as trembling suppliants bend, When danger threatens, on a mighty friend. Close by his side, where bade him rest, The Love-God sate, and thus his Lord addressed: "All-knowing, deign, my prince, to tell Thy heart's desire in Earth, or Heaven, or Hell: Double the favour, mighty sovereign, thou Hast thought on , O, command him now! Who angers thee by toiling for the prize, By penance, prayer, or holy sacrifice? What mortal being dost thou count thy foe? Speak, I will tame him with my darts and bow. Has some one feared the endless change of birth. And sought the path that leads the soul from earth? Slave to a glancing eye thy foe shall bow. And own the witchery of a woman's brow; E'en though the object of thine envious rage Were taught high wisdom by the Immortal Sage,