Canto 33Song
Book 2. Part Two - Baroda Circa 1898 – 1902
O lady Venus, shine on me,
O rose-crowned goddess from thy seas
Radiant among the Cyclades!
Rose-crowned, puissant like the sea.
5And bring thy Graces three,
The swift companions of thy mirthful mind.
Bring thy sweet rogue with thee,
Thy careless archer, beautiful and blind.
A woman’s royal heart
10Bid him to wound and bind her who is free;
Bind her for me!
Nor for the sweet bright crimson blood may start
In little rillets from the little heart
Spare her thy sport to be,
15Goddess, she spared not me.