Forgot the beverage—and pined away.

“And must my offspring languish in my sight?”

(Alive to all a mother’s pain, 10

The Queen of Beauty thus her court address’d)

“No: Let the most discreet of all my train

Receive him to her breast:

Think all, he is the God of young delight.”

Then Tenderness with Candour join’d, 15

And Gaiety the charming office sought;

Nor even Delicacy stay’d behind: