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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. 
 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? 
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
 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. 
 The heathen in his blindness
 Bows down to wood and stone.  
 The heathen in his blindness
 Bows down to wood and stone. 
 Creator Venus, genial power of love,
 The bliss of men below, and gods above!
  Beneath the sliding read more 
 Creator Venus, genial power of love,
 The bliss of men below, and gods above!
  Beneath the sliding sun thou runn'st thy race,
   Dost fairest shine, and best become thy place;
    For thee the winds their eastern blasts forbear,
     Thy mouth reveals the spring, and opens all the year;
      Thee, goddess, thee, the storms of winter fly,
       Earth smiles with flowers renewing, laughs the sky. 
Speak of the gods as they are.
Speak of the gods as they are.
 Never, believe me,
 Appear the Immortals,
  Never alone.  
 Never, believe me,
 Appear the Immortals,
  Never alone.