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305 Their Lances stiff were sharply pointed Reeds
Erect, which far their Ev'ning Shadow cast.
Now sable-mantled Night advanc'd her Steeds,
The Deities back to Olympus hast.
Soft downy Slumber all the Gods o'erspread,
310 And Jove[1] supreme reclin'd, unsleeping on his Bed.
Erect, which far their Ev'ning Shadow cast.
Now sable-mantled Night advanc'd her Steeds,
The Deities back to Olympus hast.
Soft downy Slumber all the Gods o'erspread,
310 And Jove[1] supreme reclin'd, unsleeping on his Bed.
XXXII.
At length the Saffron-vested Morning shin'd,
To Gods and Men diffusing orient Light;
Saturnian Jove weigh'd in his prudent Mind
The various Fortunes of the future sight:
315 Events important! from his awful Throne,
His Purpose wise, the Thund'rer thus reveal'd.
Fly Hermes, heavenly Herald Maia's Son,
And particolour'd Iris, airy-heel'd.
At length the Saffron-vested Morning shin'd,
To Gods and Men diffusing orient Light;
Saturnian Jove weigh'd in his prudent Mind
The various Fortunes of the future sight:
315 Events important! from his awful Throne,
His Purpose wise, the Thund'rer thus reveal'd.
Fly Hermes, heavenly Herald Maia's Son,
And particolour'd Iris, airy-heel'd.
- ↑ 310. And Jove.] It would be a Search worthy of some learned Critick, to find why Jupiter went to Bed, when he knew he should not sleep,
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