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When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
 Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,--
 Can your lurking thought surprise,
  And interpret your read more 
 Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,--
 Can your lurking thought surprise,
  And interpret your device,
   . . . .
    All things wait for and divine him,--
     How shall I dare to malign him? 
Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods.
Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods.
 Say, Bacchus, why so placid? What can there be
 In commune held by Pallas and by thee?
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 Say, Bacchus, why so placid? What can there be
 In commune held by Pallas and by thee?
  Her pleasure is in darts and battles; thine
   In joyous feasts and draughts of rosy wine. 
Nature's self's thy Ganymede.
Nature's self's thy Ganymede.
 Shakes his ambroisal curls, and gives the nod,
 The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god.  
 Shakes his ambroisal curls, and gives the nod,
 The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god. 
 Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many 
things fall out betweene the cup and the read more 
 Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many 
things fall out betweene the cup and the lip. 
Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do read more
Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do not require succession, since they are always about to exist?rn
 The son of Saturn gave
 The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls
  Upon the Sovereign read more 
 The son of Saturn gave
 The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls
  Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head
   Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount,
    Olympus trembled.