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Here a white Bull the wily God appears,
And 'midst the Herd his curling Forehead rears;
Europa to a Man the Brute prefer'd,
And wish'd her self a Heifer in the Herd:
To feed her much belov'd, the Grass she pulls,
And around the choicest Flow'rs she culls;
Whilst He, with frisking Leaps, around her plays,
And tho' a Beast, a Heav'nly Form displays.
A-while at Distance stood the Cautious Dame,
Tho' Fears were needless—for her Bull was tame.
Grown bolder now, she strokes his snowy Sides,
And last, with Manly Grace the God bestrides:
The God impatient, plunges in the Sea,
And bears the beauteous trembling Prize away.
And 'midst the Herd his curling Forehead rears;
Europa to a Man the Brute prefer'd,
And wish'd her self a Heifer in the Herd:
To feed her much belov'd, the Grass she pulls,
And around the choicest Flow'rs she culls;
Whilst He, with frisking Leaps, around her plays,
And tho' a Beast, a Heav'nly Form displays.
A-while at Distance stood the Cautious Dame,
Tho' Fears were needless—for her Bull was tame.
Grown bolder now, she strokes his snowy Sides,
And last, with Manly Grace the God bestrides:
The God impatient, plunges in the Sea,
And bears the beauteous trembling Prize away.
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