That as her mother, this one as her son,
And said that he had sat in Dido’s lap.”
—Dante, Paradiso.
[24:6.] Lamps.
“As heaven with stars, the roof with jewels glows,
And ever-living lamps depend in rows.”
—Pope, Temple of Fame.
[24:15.] Bacchus. Son of Jupiter and Semele, god of wine, and, by metonymy, used to mean wine. (Name of god for his realm, as Vulcan for fire, etc.).
“Nor the coy maid, half willing to be prest,
Shall kiss the cup to pass it to the rest.”