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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. 
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods.
Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods.
 And that dismal cry rose slowly
 And sank slowly through the air,
  Full of spirit's melancholy
 read more 
 And that dismal cry rose slowly
 And sank slowly through the air,
  Full of spirit's melancholy
   And eternity's despair!
    And they heart the words it said--
     Pan is dead! great Pan is dead!
      Pan, Pan is dead! 
 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? 
 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. 
 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. 
 Either Zeus came to earth to shew his form to thee,
 Phidias, or thou to heaven hast gone the read more 
 Either Zeus came to earth to shew his form to thee,
 Phidias, or thou to heaven hast gone the god to see. 
 Never, believe me,
 Appear the Immortals,
  Never alone.  
 Never, believe me,
 Appear the Immortals,
  Never alone.