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[ Thyself with gold.—Ver. 42. The poet Mosehus represents Cupid as having wings of gold.]
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[ The Gangetic land.—Ver. 47. He alludes to the Indian triumphs of Bacchus, which extended to the river Ganges.]
019 ([return])
[ Thy kinsman Cæsar—Ver. 51. Because Augustus, as the adopted son of Julius Cæsar, was said to be descended from Venus, through the line of Æneas.]