{"id":536,"date":"2011-07-06T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/thequeenofmyself\/?p=536"},"modified":"2011-07-02T14:19:07","modified_gmt":"2011-07-02T18:19:07","slug":"a-hymn-to-venus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/2011\/07\/a-hymn-to-venus.html","title":{"rendered":"A Hymn To Venus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>It is summer, hot and horny, and I am on a roll. So I am going to continue this theme of beauty, attraction, seduction, sex, love and self-love until I run out of content!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Hymn To Venus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Sappho<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>O Venus, beauty of the skies,<\/p>\n<p>To whom a thousand temples rise,<\/p>\n<p>Gaily false in gentle smiles,<\/p>\n<p>Full of love-perplexing wiles;<\/p>\n<p>O goddess, from my heart remove<\/p>\n<p>The wasting cares and pains of love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If ever thou hast kindly heard<\/p>\n<p>A song in soft distress preferred,<\/p>\n<p>Propitious to my tuneful vow,<\/p>\n<p>A gentle goddess, hear me now.<\/p>\n<p>Descend, thou bright immortal guest,<\/p>\n<p>In all thy radiant charms confessed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thou once didst leave almighty Jove<\/p>\n<p>And all the golden roofs above:<\/p>\n<p>The car thy wanton sparrows drew,<\/p>\n<p>Hovering in air they lightly flew;<\/p>\n<p>As to my bower they winged their way<\/p>\n<p>I saw their quivering pinions play.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The birds dismissed (while you remain)<\/p>\n<p>Bore back their empty car again:<\/p>\n<p>Then you, with looks divinely mild,<\/p>\n<p>In every heavenly feature smiled,<\/p>\n<p>And asked what new complaints I made,<\/p>\n<p>And why I called you to my aid?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What frenzy in my bosom raged,<\/p>\n<p>And by what cure to be assuaged?<\/p>\n<p>What gentle youth I would allure,<\/p>\n<p>Whom in my artful toils secure?<\/p>\n<p>Who does thy tender heart subdue,<\/p>\n<p>Tell me, my Sappho, tell me who?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Though now he shuns thy longing arms,<\/p>\n<p>He soon shall court thy slighted charms;<\/p>\n<p>Though now thy offerings he despise,<\/p>\n<p>He soon to thee shall sacrifice;<\/p>\n<p>Though now he freezes, he soon shall burn,<\/p>\n<p>And be thy victim in his turn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Celestial visitant, once more<\/p>\n<p>Thy needful presence I implore.<\/p>\n<p>In pity come, and ease my grief,<\/p>\n<p>Bring my distempered soul relief,<\/p>\n<p>Favour thy suppliant&#8217;s hidden fires,<\/p>\n<p>And give me all my heart desires.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Donna Henes is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thequeenofmyself.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Queen of My Self: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Queen Mama Donna is the Midlife Midwife\u2122 offering counseling and upbeat, practical and ceremonial guidance for individual women and groups who want to enjoy the fruits of an enriching, influential, purposeful, passionate, and powerful maturity.<\/p>\n<p>Consult the MIDLIFE MIDWIFE\u2122: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnahenes.net\/queen\/consult.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.donnahenes.net\/queen\/consult.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>The Queen welcomes questions concerning all issues of interest to women in their mature years. Send your inquiries to <a href=\"thequeenofmyself@aol.com\" target=\"_blank\">thequeenofmyself@aol.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It is summer, hot and horny, and I am on a roll. 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