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Minerva self would sink beneath the Stroke,
And tinge with Ichor Meridarpax' Spear.[1]
635 Heav'n's Magazines must arm us for the Charge.
All Arms are needful to repel the Foe;
Alcides' Club, Minerva's Lance and Targe,
My Sword, and Phœbe's and Apollo's Bow.
Saturnian Jove must lead us to the Field,
640 Arm'd with his vengeful Bolt, and Titan-quelling Shield.
And tinge with Ichor Meridarpax' Spear.[1]
635 Heav'n's Magazines must arm us for the Charge.
All Arms are needful to repel the Foe;
Alcides' Club, Minerva's Lance and Targe,
My Sword, and Phœbe's and Apollo's Bow.
Saturnian Jove must lead us to the Field,
640 Arm'd with his vengeful Bolt, and Titan-quelling Shield.
LXV.
That Goat-skin Shield wherewith of old he fought,
When proud Enceladus his Throne assail'd;
When Giants leagu'd their promis'd Empire sought,
That Goat-skin Shield wherewith of old he fought,
When proud Enceladus his Throne assail'd;
When Giants leagu'd their promis'd Empire sought,
- ↑ v. 634. Corporeal Deities being subject to Pains, is not inconsistent with true Theology; nay, Bossu assures us, even the Adultery of Mars and Venus contains a very moral Lesson. Tho' how to reconcile this with what I have just quoted out of him, I cannot comprehend, without the help of some new Allegory.
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