<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=457260" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Venus' Advice To The Muses</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thus to the Muses spoke the Cyprian Dame,<br>Adorn my altars, and revere my name.<br>My son shall else assume his potent darts;<br>Twang goes the bow; my girls have at your hearts.<br>The Muses answer'd Venus, We deride<br>The Vagrant's malice and his mother's pride:<br>Send him to nymphs who sleep on Ida's shade,<br>To the loose dance and wanton masquerade:<br>Our thoughts are settled, and intent our look<br>On the instructive verse and moral book.<br>On female idleness his power relies,<br>But when he finds us studying hard he flies.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Matthew+Prior">Matthew Prior</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=457260" data-title="Venus' Advice To The Muses de Matthew Prior" data-description="Thus to the Muses spoke the Cyprian Dame, Adorn my altars, and revere my name. My son shall else assume his potent darts; Twang goes the bow; my girls have at your hearts. The Muses answer'd Venus, We deride The Vagrant's malice and his mother's p..."></div> </div> </div>

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