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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
APHRODITE ADIPOSA, by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Lady blessington!' cried the glad usher aloud
Last Line: A grace after dinner!—a venus grown fat.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hunt, Leigh
Subject(s): Aphrodite; Mythology - Classical; Venus (goddess); Women
First Line: Lady blessington!' cried the glad usher aloud
Last Line: A grace after dinner!—a venus grown fat.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hunt, Leigh
Subject(s): Aphrodite; Mythology - Classical; Venus (goddess); Women
"LADY BLESSINGTON!" cried the glad usher aloud,
As she swam through the doorway, like moon from a cloud.
I know not which most her face beam'd with,—fine creature!
Enjoyment, or judgment, or wit, or good-nature.
Perhaps you have known what it is to feel longings
To pat buxom shoulders at routs and such throngings;—
Well,—think what it was, at a vision like that!
A Grace after dinner!—a Venus grown fat.
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