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Nor lightly tripp'd, nor by the Goddess ran,
As once she us'd, the foremost of the Train.
Her Looks were flush'd and sullen was her Mien,$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$
That sure the Virgin Goddess (had she been
Aught but a Virgin) must the Guilt have seen.
'Tis said the Nymphs saw all, and guess'd aright:
And now the Moon had nine times lost her Light,
When Dian, fainting in the mid-day Beams,
Found a cool Covert, and refreshing Streams
That in soft Murmurs through the Forest flow'd,
And a smooth Bed of shining Gravel show'd.
A Covert so obscure, and Streams so clear,
The Goddess prais'd: "And now no Spies are near
"Let's strip, my gentle Maids, and wash, she cries.
Pleas'd with the Motion, ev'ry Maid complies;
Only the blushing Huntress stood confus'd,
And form'd Delays, and her Delays excus'd;
In vain excus'd: her Fellows round her press'd,
And the Reluctant Nymph by Force undress'd.
The Naked Huntress all her Shame reveal'd,
In vain her Hands the pregnant Womb conceal'd;
"Begone! the Goddess cries with stern Disdain,$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$
"Begone! nor dare the hallow'd Stream to stain:
She fled, for ever Banish'd from the Train.
This Juno heard who long had watch'd her Time
To punish the detested Rivals Crime;
The Time was come: for to enrage her more,
A lovely Boy the teeming Rival bore.
The Goddess cast a furious Look and cry'd,
"It is enough! I'm fully satisfy'd!
"This Boy shall stand a living Mark, to prove
"My Husband's Baseness and the Strumpet's Love:
"But Vengeance shall awake: those guilty Charms
"That drew the Thunderer from Juno's Arms,
"No longer shall their wonted Force retain,
"Nor please the God, nor make the Mortal vain.

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