wons > lives
3 So fair a place as Nature can devise: 4 Whether in Paphos, or Cytheron hill,
Paphos > ("Old Paphos", on the west coast of Cyprus, where, according to some legends, Aphrodite (Venus) is said to have come ashore after her birth in the waves. Centre of her worship, with an important temple dedicated to her: its high priest exercised religious authority over the whole island. In other traditions she is said to have arisen from the sea off Cythera (Cerigo), and is thus sometimes, as at 306.20:1, called Cytherea. "Cytheron hill" follows DGDG 3.22 and Knight's Tale 1936-7 (noted Church (1758)))
5 Or it in Cnidus be, I wot not well;
Cnidus > (A city in Asia Minor, on the coast of Caria, with a temple to Aphrodite containing a famous statue of her by Praxiteles) wot > know
6 But well I wot by trial that this same 7 All other pleasant places does excel,
excel > surpass
8 And called is, by her lost lover's name, 9 The Garden of Adonis, far renowned by fame.
fame > report; reputation
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