Wherein who fall may fall unto the skies;—

And being foolish she was yet most wise,

And took her trials patiently and well.

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And Aphrodite since her full defeat

Is kinder and less jealous than before,

And smiling on them both, calls Psyche sweet;

But thinks her son less manly than of yore:

Though still she holds his arm of some renown,

When he goes smiting mortals up and down,