Fair Kypris

Fair Kypris, rising from her mother's breast,
Her beauty with the salt sea foam aglow,
Apelles saw and bade the loveliest
Vision of joy upon his canvas grow.
A living form, which seems to breathe and move!
She draws her taper fingers through her hair;
In her calm eye shines soft the light of love;
Her quince-shaped breasts her wondrous charms declare.
Then, then Athena and great Hera yield
Confessing, "Zeus, for her we quit the field."