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The New Amor.

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Amor, not the child, the youthful lover of Psyche,     Look'd round Olympus one day, boldly, to triumph inured;     There he espied a goddess, the fairest amongst the immortals,     Venus Urania she, straight was his passion inflamed.     Even the holy one powerless proved, alas! 'gainst his wooing,     Tightly embraced in his arm, held her the daring one fast.     Then from their union arose a new, a more beauteous Amor,     Who from his father his wit, grace from his mother derives.     Ever thou'lt find him join'd in the kindly Muses' communion,     And his charm-laden bolt foundeth the love of the arts.

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