Euphrosyne, representing innocent pleasure, descends from the clouds and appears to a youth and a goddess holding a sword (Virtue?). Engraving by J. Parker after T. Stothard after M. Akenside.

Mark Akenside, The pleasures of imagination, 1744, book 2, lines 638-643, apparently representing the joining of pleasure with virtue. The youth seems to be the young Harmodius, a teacher, while his companion appears to be Virtue. Euphrosyne is described in the poem as "The fair Euphrosyne, the gentle queen / Of smiles, and graceful gladness, and delights / That cheer alike the hearts of mortal men / And powers immortal.". In this scene, "a flood of radiance came / Swift as the lightning flash; the molting clouds / Flew diverse, and amid the blue serene / Euphrosyne appear'd. With sprightly step / The nymph alighted on the irriguous lawn". According to Mrs Barbauld, "Euphrosyne is the goddess of innocent pleasure. ... Euphrosyne appears and declares she will always be present for the future, whenever, supported by Virtue, he sustains combat with pain." (Barbauld, loc. cit.)