Fuess and Stearns, comps. The Little Book of Society Verse. 1922.
By. Matthew PriorCupid Mistaken
A
Venus stood bathing in a river;
Cupid a-shooting went that way,
New strung his bow, new fill’d his quiver.
With all his might his bow he drew:
Swift to his beauteous parent’s heart
The too well-guided arrow flew.
O cruel, could’st thou find none other,
To wreck thy spleen on? Parricide!
Like Nero, thou hast slain thy mother.
“Indeed, mamma, I did not know ye:
Alas! how easy my mistake;
I took you for your likeness, Chloe.”