...harmonious, liquid dance. Of each of them it might be said, and we believe has been said — " Her, lovely Venus at a birth, With two Sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore." Such figures, 110 doubt, gave rise to the fables of ancient mythology, and might be worshipped. They...

...But come, thou Goddess fair and free, In heaven yclep'd Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces...more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore; Or whether (as some sager sing) The frolic Wind that breathes the spring, Zephyr with Aurora playing, As he met her once...

...ßut œm thou Goddess fair and free> In Heav'n ycleap'd Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces...more To Ivy-crowned Bacchus bore ; Or whether (as som Sager sing) The frolick Wind that breathes the Spring, Zephir with Aurora playing, As he met her...

...himself inclined to the latter of the two, we will even suppose it so to be. Or whether (as some sager sing) The frolic wind that breathes the spring, Zephyr with Aurora playing. As he met her once a Maying; There on beds of violets blue. And fresh-blown roses wash'd in dew, &c. Some dull people...

...desperem fieri sin conjuge mater, Et parere ibtacto modo castra, viro? Ovid. Fast. 5. Or as other authors sing, "The frolic wind that breathes the spring Zephyr with Aurora playing As he met her once a maying Fill'd her with thee a daughter fair So buxom blithe and debonnair. Milton's Allegre. Gentlemen...

...describing Melancholy, at "blackest midnight born," the poet sings of the birth of "heart-easing" Mirth, "Whom lovely Venus at a birth / With two sister Graces more / To Ivycrowned Bacchus bore." But, he adds, there is another version of the story of Mirth: "The frolick Wind that breathes the Spring...

...complicating any easy distinction between the two figures. She too was conceived through illicit sexuality ("The frolic Wind that breathes the Spring, / Zephyr...with Aurora playing / As he met her once a-Maying" [11. 18-20]), and both are conceived in nature. Zephyr coupled with Aurora "on beds of Violets blue,...

..."the Laughter-loving Dame" Venus and Venus's offspring Mirth; he cited Milton's "hearteasing Mirth, / Whom lovely Venus at a birth / With two Sister Graces more / To Ivy-Crowned Bacchus bore" ("L'Allegro," i3ff.). In this passage, with the female figure of Comedy, Addison began to anticipate...

...strain, "Come thou Goddess fair and free In heaven y'dep'd Euphrosyne, And by men heart-easing mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth, With two sister graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore. Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity." 4 I know how difficult it is to...

...fossum. fossa, fosse, fossette, fossil, fossorial. bothrium; cyclobothra. Gc, bed, first, in a garden. The frolic Wind that breathes the Spring, Zephyr,...There on beds of violets blue And fresh-blown roses washed in dew, Filled her with thee, a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. . . . — Milton,...