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FLORENCE. 319
with a Bundle of Poppy in his Hand.
I at first took it for a Cupidr ’till I had
taken notice that it had neither Bow nor
Quiver. I suppose Doctor Lister has
been guilty of the same Mistake in the
Ressections he makes on what he calls,,
the Beeping Cupid with Poppy in his
Hands.
--Qualia narnque
Corpora nudorum tabula pinguntur .
rum
Lalis erat^ fed ne facial difcrimina cultus,
Aut huic adde level aut Ulis deme phare-
tras. Ov. Met. L. 10.
Such are the Cupids that in Paint we
view;
But that the Likeness may be nicely
true,
A loaden Quiver to his Shoulders tie,
Or bid the Cupids lay their Quivers by.
’Tis probable they chofe to represent
the God of Sleep under the Figure of
a Boy, contrary to all our Modern De-
signers, because it is that Age which
has its Repose the least broken by Cares
and Anxieties. Statius, in his celebra-
ted Invocation of Sleep, addresses him-
self to him under the same Figure.
P 4. Crimins
with a Bundle of Poppy in his Hand.
I at first took it for a Cupidr ’till I had
taken notice that it had neither Bow nor
Quiver. I suppose Doctor Lister has
been guilty of the same Mistake in the
Ressections he makes on what he calls,,
the Beeping Cupid with Poppy in his
Hands.
--Qualia narnque
Corpora nudorum tabula pinguntur .
rum
Lalis erat^ fed ne facial difcrimina cultus,
Aut huic adde level aut Ulis deme phare-
tras. Ov. Met. L. 10.
Such are the Cupids that in Paint we
view;
But that the Likeness may be nicely
true,
A loaden Quiver to his Shoulders tie,
Or bid the Cupids lay their Quivers by.
’Tis probable they chofe to represent
the God of Sleep under the Figure of
a Boy, contrary to all our Modern De-
signers, because it is that Age which
has its Repose the least broken by Cares
and Anxieties. Statius, in his celebra-
ted Invocation of Sleep, addresses him-
self to him under the same Figure.
P 4. Crimins