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ON VENUS ARISING FROM THE SEA by ANTIPATER OF SIDON

First Line: CHARM'D BY APELLES' MAGIC, HERE THINE EYES
Last Line: "WITH THEE 'TWERE VAIN IN LOVELINESS TO VIE."
Subject(s): MYTHOLOGY - CLASSICAL; VENUS (GODDESS);
Charm'd by Apelles' magic, here thine eyes
May view sweet Venus from the waves arise.
Twin'd in her hair, her glowing fingers press
The dews of ocean from each dripping tress—
So fair, that Juno's self and Pallas sigh,
With thee 'twere vain in loveliness to vie."



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