The Open court . HEAD OF THE CROUCHING VENUS. to philosophers and poets, and so even the freethinker amongclassical poets, Titus Lucretius, dedicated to her his philosophicalbook of poetry, Dc rerum natura, in these often quoted words :^ Mother of Rome, delight of Gods and men,Dear Venus that beneath the gliding starsMakest to teem the many-voyaged mainAnd fruitful lands—for all of living things Translated by Dr. William Ellery Leonard. APHRODITE. 615 Through thee are risen to visit the great sun-Before thee, Goddess, and thy coming on,Flee stormy wind and massy cloud away;. THE CNIDIAN VENUS

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The Open court . HEAD OF THE CROUCHING VENUS. to philosophers and poets, and so even the freethinker amongclassical poets, Titus Lucretius, dedicated to her his philosophicalbook of poetry, Dc rerum natura, in these often quoted words :^ Mother of Rome, delight of Gods and men,Dear Venus that beneath the gliding starsMakest to teem the many-voyaged mainAnd fruitful lands—for all of living things Translated by Dr. William Ellery Leonard. APHRODITE. 615 Through thee are risen to visit the great sun-Before thee, Goddess, and thy coming on,Flee stormy wind and massy cloud away;. THE CNIDIAN VENUS OF the thee the dedal Earth bears gentle flowers;For thee wide waters of the unvexed deepSmile, and the hollows of the serene sky 616 THE OPEN COURT. Glow with diffused radiance for thee! For soon as comes the springtime face of day, And procreant gales blow from the West unbarred,

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