"Paphian" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... descend, dripping mournfully from the water spouts and bubbling over the tubs. Already the character of the dawn was changed to an almost sullen awakening of the day, denoting a seeming uneasiness of the hidden forces, while an angry passing of the glowing orb replaced the Paphian sunset. ...
— The Strollers • Frederic S. Isham
... Conduct thee to thy pillow, and thy sheetes, And all those reuels which soft loue consorts, Shall entertaine thee with their sweetest sweets. And as the warlike God with Venus meetes, And dallies with her in the Paphian groue, Shall Mahomet in bed shew thee such sports, As none shall haue, but ...
— Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624) • Dunstan Gale |
