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,