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II

What shall we do, Cytherea?

Lovely Adonis is dying.

Ah, but we mourn him!

Will he return when the Autumn

Purples the earth, and the sunlight 5

Sleeps in the vineyard?

Will he return when the Winter

Huddles the sheep, and Orion

Goes to his hunting?

Ah, but thy beauty, Adonis, 10

With the soft spring and the south wind,

Love and desire!