AMOR, not the child, the youthful lover of Psyche, <br />Look'd round Olympus one day, boldly, to triumph inured; <br />There he espied a goddess, the fairest amongst the immortals,-- <br />Venus Urania she,--straight was his passion inflamed. <br />Even the holy one powerless proved, alas! 'gainst his wooing,-- <br />Tightly embraced in his arm, held her the daring one fast. <br />Then from their union arose a new, a more beauteous Amor, <br />Who from his father his wit, grace from his mother derives. <br />Ever thou'lt find him join'd in the kindly Muses' communion, <br />And his charm-laden bolt foundeth the love of the arts.<br /><br />Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-new-amor/
