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The Birth Of Pleasure.

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At the creation of the Earth     Pleasure, that divinest birth,     From the soil of Heaven did rise,     Wrapped in sweet wild melodies -     Like an exhalation wreathing     To the sound of air low-breathing     Through Aeolian pines, which make     A shade and shelter to the lake     Whence it rises soft and slow;     Her life-breathing [limbs] did flow     In the harmony divine     Of an ever-lengthening line     Which enwrapped her perfect form     With a beauty clear and warm.

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