HE Shepherds and the Nymphs were seen
Pleading before the Cyprian Queen.
The Council for the Fair began,
Accusing that false Creature, Man.
The Brief with weighty Crimes was charg'd,
On which the Pleader much enlarg'd;
That Cupid now has lost his Art,
Or blunts the Point of ev'ry Dart;
His Altar now no longer smoaks,
His Mother's Aid no Youth invokes:
This tempts Free-thinkers to refine,
And bring in doubt their Pow'r divine.
