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CICERONIS AMOR: LOVE AND JEALOUSY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When gods had framed the sweet of women's face
Last Line: Than love united to a jealous thought.
Subject(s): Goddesses & Gods; Jealousy; Love; Man-woman Relationships; Mythology; Male-female Relations


WHEN gods had fram'd the sweet of women's face,
And lock'd men's looks within their golden hair,
That Phœbus blush'd to see their matchless grace,
And heavenly gods on earth did make repair;
To quip fair Venus' overweening pride,
Love's happy thoughts to jealousy were tied.


Then grew a wrinkle on fair Venus' brow;
The amber sweet of love is turn'd to gall;
Gloomy was heaven; bright Phœbus did avow
He could be coy, and would not love at all,
Swearing, no greater mischief could be wrought
Than love united to a jealous thought.





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