"CUPID, n. The so-called god of love. This bastard creation of a barbarous fancy was no doubt inflicted upon mythology…"

"When Adam long ago in Cupid's awful court (For Cupid ruled ere Adam was invented) Sued for Eve's favor, says an ancie…"

"Voiture belonged to a race of poets essentially French, who sacrificed to the Graces instead of the Muses; to whom Cu…"

"Cupid draw back your bow And let your arrow go Straight to my lover's heart for me For me... Cupid please hear my cry…"

"Let Cupid smile and the fiend must flee; Hey and hither, my lad."

"Who worships Cupid doth adore a boy; Boys' earnest are at first in their delight, But for a new soon leave their dear…"

"Cupid and my Campaspe play'd At cards for kisses—Cupid paid: He stakes his quiver, bow, and arrows, His mother's dove…"

"My merry, merry, merry roundelay Concludes with Cupid's curse: They that do change old love for new, Pray gods, they …"

"What thing is love?—for (well I wot) love is a thing It is a prick, it is a sting, It is a pretty, pretty thing; It i…"

"This house is to be let for life or years; Her rent is sorrow, and her income tears. Cupid, 't has long stood void; h…"