Nothing, nothing will ever destroy beauty—and therefore wonder. So,
Bodily beauty, where Love is priestess, is a daedal spur to the loftiest worship.
The lover is ever worshipful. And
Where is worship, nothing can be profane. So
In love there is nor taint nor stain. Therefore,
Make, O youthful lover, the best and most of youth and love: never will either recur.
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VI. On Making Love
"Mille modi Veneris"
—Ovid
There are as many ways of making love as there are of making soup. And probably