“Cupid once upon a bed Of roses laid his weary head. […] The bystanders fell upon the ground and worshiped her. […] After that Jupiter sent a new race of better men and women to live upon it. […] The higher he flew, the more fiercely the sun beat down upon him. […] Look upon your village!”

It was kept with the greatest care, as it was prophesied that the fate of the Roman people would depend upon its preservation. […] He was looked upon by the Greeks as the father of all mankind. […] Venus gave her beauty; and the art of captivating was bestowed upon her by the Graces. […] See Ossa, a mount, which the giants piled upon Pelion, to enable them to scale the heavens. […] One of the Furies, daughter of Nox and Acheron, who was the minister of divine vengeance upon mankind.