CUPIDO.
The Revival of an Antiquated Figure, after reading the Views of Certain Women on Marriage and Divorce.
I.
Roseate darling,
Dimpled with laughter,
Nursed on the bosom
Pierced by thee after;
Fed with the rarest
Milk of the fairest
Fond Aphrodite,
Child as thou art, as a god thou art mighty!
Roseate darling,
Dimpled with laughter,
Nursed on the bosom
Pierced by thee after;
Fed with the rarest
Milk of the fairest
Fond Aphrodite,
Child as thou art, as a god thou art mighty!
II.
Thou art the only
Demigod left us;
Fate hath bereft us,
Science made lonely.
Thou art the only
Demigod left us;
Fate hath bereft us,
Science made lonely.
