Cupid
and
Folly
.
Imitated
from
the
FRENCH
.
CUPID
,
ere
depriv'd
of
Sight
,
Young
and
apt
for
all
Delight
,
Met
with
Folly
on
the
way
,
As
Idle
,
and
as
fond
of
Play
.
In
gay
Sports
the
time
they
pass
;
Now
run
,
now
wrestle
on
the
Grass
;
Their
painted
Wings
then
nimbly
ply
,
And
ev'ry
way
for
Mast'ry
try
:
'Till
a
Contest
do's
arise
,
Who
has
won
th'
appointed
Prize
.
Gentle
Love
refers
the
Case
To
the
next
,
that
comes
in
Place
;
Trusting
to
his
flatt'ring
Wiles
,
And
softens
the
Dispute
with
Smiles
.
But
Folly
,
who
no
Temper
knows
,
Words
pursues
with
hotter
Blows
:
'Till
the
Eyes
of
Love
were
lost
,
Which
has
such
Pain
to
Mortals
cost
.
Venus
hears
his
mournful
Crys
,
And
repeats
'em
,
in
the
Skys
,
To
Jupiter
in
Council
set
,
With
Peers
for
the
Occasion
met
;
In
her
Arms
the
Boy
she
bears
,
Bathing
him
in
falling
Tears
;
And
whilst
his
want
of
Eyes
is
shown
,
Secures
the
Judges
by
her
Own
.
Folly
to
the
Board
must
come
,
And
hear
the
Tryal
and
the
Doom
;
Which
Cytherea
loudly
prays
May
be
as
heavy
as
the
Case
:
Which
,
when
All
was
justly
weigh'd
,
Cupid's
Wings
now
useless
made
,
That
a
Staff
,
his
Feet
must
guide
,
Which
wou'd
still
be
apt
to
slide
;
This
Decree
at
last
was
read
,
That
Love
by
Folly
shou'd
be
lead
.