Classical Enigmas, Adapted to Every Month in the Year / Composed from the English and Roman Histories, Heathen Mythology and Names of Famous Writers: Meant to Amuse Youths of All Ages, and at the Same Time Exert Their Memories, by Calling to Mind What They Have Read at Different Times

by Mrs. Ritson

The fickle Goddess, false and blind,

To some profuse, to more unkind:

The Shepherd, who on Latmos height,

Was courted by the Queen of night;

The Maid, for whom Achilles swore,

He'd aid the Grecian cause no more:

Jove's mother name, and Saturn's wife,

Who fled to save her infant life:

He, who when feigning madness try'd,

With care to turn the plough aside,