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References and allusions to Cupid abound in poetry. A few of the best-known poems are:—

Eros	Edmund Gosse
Ode to Psyche	John Keats
The Lost Eros	Thomas Ashe
The Unknown Eros	Coventry Patmore
Story of Cupid and Psyche	William Morris
Hue and Cry After Cupid	Ben Jonson

The following is a charming little poem by John Lyly:—

"Cupid and my Campaspe play'd
At cards for kisses, Cupid pay'd.
He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows,
His mother's doves, and teeme of sparrows,
Looses them too; then downe he throwes
The coerall of his lippe, the rose
Growing on's cheek (but none knows how),
With these, the crystal of his brow,
And then the dimple of his chin;
All these did my Campaspe winne;
At last hee set her both his eyes;
She won, and Cupid blind did rise.
O love! has she done this to thee?
What shall (alas) become of mee?"