152 FLORA AND THALIA. 



He little knew how well the boy 



Can float upon a goblet's stream, 

 Lighting them with his smile of joy; — 



As bards have seen him in their dreams, 

 Down the blue Ganges floating glide. 



Upon a rosy Lotus wreath,* 

 Catching new lustre from the tide, 



That with his image shone beneath. 



* The Indians feign that Cupid was first seen lloating dywn 

 the Ganges on the Nymphsea Nctumbo. 



