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CUPID'S ARROWS by GEORGE PEELE

First Line: AT VENUS' ENTREATY FOR CUPID HER SON
Last Line: HIS METAL VULCAN'S CYCLOPS SENT FROM HELL.
Subject(s): CUPID; HATE; HOPE; JEALOUSY; LOVE; MYTHOLOGY - CLASSICAL; VENUS (GODDESS); EROS; OPTIMISM;
AT Venus' entreaty for Cupid her son,
These arrows by Vulcan were cunningly done.
The first is Love, as here you may behold,
His feathers, head, and body, are of gold:
The second shaft is Hate, a foe to love,
And bitter are his torments for to prove:
The third is Hope, from whence our comfort springs;
His feathers [they] are pull'd from Fortune's wings:
Fourth Jealousy in basest minds doth dwell;
His metal Vulcan's Cyclops sent from hell.



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