That for the little likeness that she bore

To her description she was fear’d to go

Within the fane; and when she stood before

The priestess, scarce coud she with oath persuade

That she was Psyche, the renownèd maid,

Whom men had left the temple to adore.

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But when to Hermes she was shown and given,

He took no doubt, but eager to be quit,

And proud of speed, return’d with her to heaven,