The Graces guarded her upon the plain;
And fair Adonis held her diamond train:
Her shell-shaped chariot (rearward on the field)
Of ivory wrought, no eye had e’er beheld
More beautiful or more enchanting beams,
Carved in one solid mass—devoid of seams.
Behold Diana, goddess of the chase;
Mark well her features, and her lovely face!
She, with dear Venus, set the world on fire
With love and beauty, which induced satire: