Cloyed with rich nectar, home unto his wife,
This kinsman hath in charge his cherished shafts
And bow; and that his gnarled and knotted club;
And both to white-limbed Hebè's bower of bliss
Convoy the bearded warrior and his arms.
Then how among wise ladies—blest the pair
That reared her!--peerless Berenicè shone!
Dionè's sacred child, the Cyprian queen,
O'er that sweet bosom passed her taper hands:
And hence, 'tis said, no man loved woman e'er