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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SHRINE OF VENUS, by ANYTE
First Line: Fair aphrodite, from this marble fane
Last Line: Beholds her image, and is lull'd asleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Anytes
Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Venus (goddess)
First Line: Fair aphrodite, from this marble fane
Last Line: Beholds her image, and is lull'd asleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Anytes
Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; Venus (goddess)
Fair Aphrodite, from this marble fane
Delights to gaze upon the glassy main,
Smoothing the sailor's pathway—while the deep
Beholds her image, and is lull'd asleep.
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CUPID AND VENUS by CAROLYN KIZER
AFTER PIERO DI COSIMO'S VENUS, MARS, AND AMOR by GREGORY ORR
THE BIRTH OF VENUS by MURIEL RUKEYSER
FOR SPRING, BY SANDRO BOTTICELLI by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI
INVOCATION TO VENUS, FR. DE RERUM NATURA by TITUS LUCRETIUS CARUS