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 The Ethiop gods have Ethiop lips,
 Bronze cheeks, and woolly hair;
  The Grecian gods are like the read more 
 The Ethiop gods have Ethiop lips,
 Bronze cheeks, and woolly hair;
  The Grecian gods are like the Greeks,
   As keen-eyed, cold and fair. 
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
 Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore;
 The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four;
  Stella's wit read more 
 Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore;
 The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four;
  Stella's wit is so charming, so sweet her fair face,
   She shines a new Venus, a Muse, and a Grace. 
 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. 
Speak of the gods as they are.
Speak of the gods as they are.
 I, Phoebus, sang those songs that gained so much renown
 I, Phoebus, sang them; Homer only wrote them down.  
 I, Phoebus, sang those songs that gained so much renown
 I, Phoebus, sang them; Homer only wrote them down. 
Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods.
Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods.
 There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Khatmandu,
 There's a little marble cross below the town,
 read more 
 There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Khatmandu,
 There's a little marble cross below the town,
  There's a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew,
   And the yellow god forever gazes down. 
 Never, believe me,
 Appear the Immortals,
  Never alone.  
 Never, believe me,
 Appear the Immortals,
  Never alone.