Mythology & Folklore
On a Bath, by Plato
Translated by William Cowper · From Translations
Mythology & Folklore
Did Cytherea to the skies
From this pellucid lymph arise?
Or was it Cytherea's touch,
When bathing here, that made it such? t
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Codex Note
From the Greek of Plato.
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Cowper, William. “On a Bath, by Plato.” Translated by William Cowper. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/383/.
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Cowper, William. “On a Bath, by Plato.” Translated by William Cowper. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/383/.
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