; upon which he tells her, that she appeared more charming and desirable than she

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done before, even when their Loves were at the highest. The Poet afterwards describes them as reposing on a Summet of Mount

Ida

, which produced under them a Bed of Flowers, the Lotos, the Crocus, and the Hyacinth; and concludes his Description with their falling asleep.

Let the Reader compare this with the following Passage in

Milton

, which begins with

Adam's

Speech to