How Cypris, maddened for a herdsman's sake,

Deigned upon Phrygia's mountains to partake

His cares: and wooed, and wept, Adonis in the brake.

What was Endymion, sweet Selenè's love?

A herdsman's lad. Yet came she from above,

Down to green Latmos, by his side to sleep.

And did not Rhea for a herdsman weep?

Didst not thou, Zeus, become a wandering bird,

To win the love of one who drove a herd?

Selenè, Cybelè, Cypris, all loved swains: