Both Uses of
infusion
in
The Aeneid
- I beg the grace But only for a night's revolving space: Thyself a boy, assume a boy's dissembled face; That when, amidst the fervor of the feast, The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast, And with sweet kisses in her arms constrains, Thou may'st infuse thy venom in her veins."†
Book 1
- Her soft embraces soon infuse desire; His bones and marrow sudden warmth inspire; And all the godhead feels the wonted fire.†
Book 8 *
Definition:
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(infusion) to add something to something else to make it better; or the thing added