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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VENUS MISTAKEN, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poet's Biography
First Line: When cloe's picture was to venus shown
Last Line: Friend howard's genius fancied all the rest.
Subject(s): Cupid; Mythology - Classical; Paintings And Painters; Venus (goddess); Eros
First Line: When cloe's picture was to venus shown
Last Line: Friend howard's genius fancied all the rest.
Subject(s): Cupid; Mythology - Classical; Paintings And Painters; Venus (goddess); Eros
WHEN Cloe's picture was to Venus shown,
Surprised, the goddess took it for her own.
And what, said she, does this bold painter mean,
When was I bathing thus, and naked seen?
Pleased Cupid heard, and checked his mother's pride:
And who's blind now, mamma? the urchin cried.
'Tis Cloe's eye, and cheek, and lip, and breast:
Friend Howard's genius fancied all the rest.
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