And by such time unto her temple brought,

To him the goddess would this guerdon pay:

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Six honied kisses from her rosy mouth

Would Cytherea give, and one beside

To quench at heart for aye love’s mortal drouth:

But unto him that hid her, Woe betide!

Which now was on all tongues, and Psyche’s name

Herself o’erheard, or ever nigh she came

To Aphrodite’s temple where she hied.