Proffer'd gifts for gifts declined;
Soon, thro' long reluctance earn'd,
Love refused be Love return'd.'
—To thy suppliant so returning,
Consummate a maiden's yearning:
Love, from deep despair set free,
Championing to victory!
F. T. Palgrave, 1854.
Splendour-throned Queen, immortal Aphrodite,
Daughter of Jove, Enchantress, I implore thee