deplore
to mourn, to regret, to feel sorry about
Strephon
a lover, originally a character from Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia
Stygian
black, dark, deathly (the word comes from the River Styx, the river in Greek mythology that the dead have to cross to enter the underworld)
lent
borrowed
bestowed
gave, gifted
scorning
to condemn, to despise
peevish
grumpy, irritable, easily annoyed
vicissitudes
inconsistencies, changes, moods
mien
expression on his face
votary
follower, admirer
Lucretius
Roman philosopher and poet
Ovid
Roman poet
