Therefore the Sage set in Salāmān’s eyes.
A soothing fantom of the past, but still
Told of a better Venus, till his soul
She fill’d, and blotted out his mortal love.
For what is Zuhrah?—That divine perfection,
Wherewith the soul inspir’d and all array’d
Its intellectual light is royal blest,
And mounts the throne, and wears the crown, and reigns
Lord of the empire of humanity.
This is the meaning of this mystery,