And thus Jove’s daughter, Venus, made reply:⁠— “O Juno, whom I reverence, speak thy thought, Daughter of mighty Saturn! For my heart Commands me to obey thy wish in all That I can do, and all that can be done.”

And thus imperial Juno, planning guile, Rejoined: “Give me the charm and the desire With which thou overcomest gods and men. I go to the far end of this green earth, To visit Ocean, father of the gods, And Mother Tethys, who, receiving me From Rhea, cherished me, and brought me up In their abodes, when Jove the Thunderer Cast Saturn down to lie beneath the earth And barren sea. I go to visit them, And end their hateful quarrel. For too long Have they been strangers to the marriage-bed. But if my words persuade them, and bring back Their hearts to their old love, my name will be Honored by them, and dear throughout all time.”