For amorous partings, sped in diverse ways.

She, Aphroditê, clothed in pearly cloud,

Dropt from Olympos to the eastern shore;

Thence floated, half in shame, half laughter-pleased,

Southward across the blue Ægæan sea,

That had a thousand little dimpling smiles

At her discomfort, and a thousand eyes

To shoot irreverent glances. But her conch

Passed the Eubœan coasts, and softly on

By rugged Dêlos, and the gentler slope