[Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] In Cupid’s Court EDITED BY Ina Russelle Warren New York R. H. Russell 1900 [Illustration] COPYRIGHT 1900 BY ROBERT HOWARD RUSSELL [Illustration] _TO T._ _If the world’s entirety_ _Is two eyes that shine on me,_ _Lay the blame at Love’s door, dearest:_ _Thus he made my world to be._ _He’s the key to Heaven’s gate;_ _He’s the scorn that tramples fate;_ _He’s the worth of living, dearest,_ _He’s the laugh that makes Death late._ _He’s the morning sun that wakes us_ _To the worth of all things, dearest,_ _He’s the influence that makes us_ _Daily gladder, ’till God takes us!_ _TOMAS BEAULING._ [Illustration: CONTENTS] PAGE Dedication vii Preface xi Chant Royal of the God of Love 1 Cupid Mistaken 4 Cupid Once Upon a Bed 5 Cupid’s Birth 6 Cupid at Court 7 Cupid 8 Cupid’s Lottery 10 Cupid’s Curse 11 Love’s Flitting 12 Love’s Tyranny 13 The Triumph of Cupid 14 Song to Cupid 15 Banished Love 16 To Cupid for Pardon 17 Love’s Hunting 18 Love Goes A-Hawking 19 Love’s Blindness 20 Love Asleep 21 Dan Cupid’s Trick 22 Love’s Arrows 24 Love, the Guest 25 Cupid 26 For Cupid Dead 27 At the Sign of the Blind Cupid 28 Cupid’s Arrow 30 Cupid Plague Thee for Thy Treason 31 Young Love’s a Gallant Boy 33 Venus’ Runaway 34 Beware the Rogue 36 The Fair Thief 37 Love and the Witches 39 Love and Dream 40 Cupid Laid by His Brand 41 A Madrigal 42 Love’s Reward 44