Her bosom's opening charms were half revealed,

And scarce the lucid folds her polished limbs concealed.

"He half relenting on her beauties gazed,

Just then awaking with a sudden start,

Her opening eye in humid lustre blazed,

Unseen he still remained, enchanted and amazed."

Mrs. Tighe.

Fearful, however, of his mother's displeasure, he carried on the

affair with great secrecy, and by his divine power, conveyed her to a palace he had formed in a region full of beauty: here, when the shadows of night had visited the earth, Cupid sought the presence of his love.