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Homer's Batrachomyomachia, Hymns and Epigrams.
Homer's Batrachomyomachia Hymns and Epigrams Author:Richard Hooper Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: And so, 0 Goddess, ever honour'd be, In thy so odorous Cyprian empery ! 435 My Muse, affecting first thy fame to raise, Shall make transcension now... more » to others' praise. THE END OF THE FIRST HYMN TO VENUS. TO THE SAME | HE reverend, rich-crown'd, and fair Queen I sing, Venus, that owes in fate the fortressing Of all maritimal Cyprus; where the force Of gentle-breathing Zephyr steer'd her course Along the waves of the resounding sea, 5 While, yet unborn, in that soft foam she lay That brought her forth; whom those fair Hours that bear The golden bridles joyfully stood near, Took up into their arms, and put on her Weeds of a never-corruptible wear. 10 On her immortal head a crown they plac'd, Elaborate, and with all the beauties grac'd That gold could give it; of a weight so great, That, to impose and take off, it had set Three handles on it, made, for endless hold, is Of shining brass, and all adorn'd with gold. Her soft neck all with carquenets was grac'd, That stoop'd, and both her silver breasts embrac'd, Which even the Hours themselves wear in resort To Deities' dances, and her Father's court. 20 Oaei—owns. Grac'd at all parts, they brought to heaven her graces; Whose first sight seen, all fell into embraces, Hugg'd her white hands, saluted, wishing all To wear her maiden flow'r in festival Of sacred Hymen, and to load her home; 25 All, to all admiration, overcome With Cytherea with the violet crown. So to the Black-hrow'd Sweet-spoke all renown ! Prepare my song, and give me, in the end, The victory to whose palm all contend! so So shall my Muse for ever honour thee, And, for thy sake, thy fair posterity. BACCHUS, OR THE PIRATES. JF Dionysus, noble Semele's Son, I now intend to render mention, As ...« less