Danaë

"Ὅτε λάρνακι ἐν δαιδαλέᾳ, ..."

"For know, that vnderneath this radiant floure Was Danaes statue in a brazen tower,"

"Alass! alass! that loue should be a sinne! Euen now my blisse and sorrowe doeth beginne. Hould wyde thy lapp, my louelie Danae, And entretaine the golden shoure so free,That trikling falles into thy treasurie. As Aprill-drops not half so pleasant be, Nor Nilus overflowe to Ægipt plaines As this sweet-streames that all hir ioints imbaynes."

"Danae in a Brazen Tower, Where no love was, lov’d a Showr."

"Thou like a sea of milke shalt lye display’d, Whilst I the smooth, calme Ocean, invade With such a tempest, as when Jove of old Fell downe on Danae in a storme of gold:"

"Miss DANAE, when Fair and Young (As HORACE has divinely sung) Could not be kept from JOVE’s Embrace By Doors of Steel, and Walls of Brass. The Reason of the Thing is clear; (Would JOVE the naked Truth aver:) CUPID was with Him of the Party; And show’d himself sincere and hearty: For, give That Whipster but his Errand, He takes my Lord Chief Justice’ Warrant: Dauntless as Death away He walks; Breaks the Doors open; snaps the Locks; Searches the Parlour, Chamber, Study; Nor stops, ’till He has CULPRIT’s Body."

"Now lies the Earth all Danaë to the stars,"

"I think I see you when you wake, And rub your eyes for me, and shake My gold, in rising, from your hair, A Danaë for a moment there."