I saw Elysium and the milky way
Fair-opening to the shades beneath her breast;
In Venus’ lap the struggling wanton lay,
And, while she strove to hide, reveal’d the rest.
A mole, embrown’d with no unseemly grace,
Grew near, embellishing the sacred place.

— Samuel Croxall

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