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