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Show [ 8o ] cc Before, with fhucldering lirnbs cold trernor reels, 3 6 5 c c And Fever's burning noflril dogs his heels ; " Loud claps the grinning Fiend his iron hands, '' Stamps with black hoof, and ihouts along the lands ; " Withers the damaik cheek, unnerves the fl:rong, " And ·drives with fcorpion-lafh the fhrieking throng. " Qh, Goddefs! on thy kneeling votaries bend 3 7 I " Thy angel-looks, oh, hear us, and defend ! " -HYGEIA, leaning fro1n the blefl: abodes, The cry.fl:al Inaniions of the immortal gods, Saw the fad Nymph uplift her dewy eyes, 375 Spread her white arms, and breathe her fervid :Gghs ; Call'cl to her fair aifociates, Youth and Joy, And ihot all radiant through the glittering fky; Loofe waved behind her golden train of hair, Her fapphire mantle fwam diffufed in air.- 3 So 0 'er the grey matted mofs, and pan:Ged fod, With fiep fublime the glowing Goddefs trod, Gilt with her beamy .eye the confcious :lhade, And with her fmile celefiial blefs' d the maid. [ 8£ J '" Co1ne to 1ny anns," with feraph voice fhe cries, 385 '' Thy vows are heard, benignant Nymph! arifc; " Where yon afpiring trunks fantafl:ic wreath " Their mingled roots, and drink the rill beneath, " Yield .to the biting axe thy facred w-ood, u And fl:rew the bitter foliage on the flood." In filent homage bow' d the bluihing n1aid,- Ftve youths athletic hafl:en to her aid, 0 'er the fear' d hills re-echoing fl:rokes refound, And headlong fore.fl:s thunder on the ground. Round the dark_ roots, rent bark, and {hatter' d boughs, From ocherous beds the fwelling fountain flows ; 3 96 With fl:reams aufiere its winding margin laves, And pours fron1 vale to vale its du:lk.y waves. -As the pale fquadrons, bending o'er the brink, View with a :Ggh their alter' d forms, and drink ; 400 Slow-ebbing life with refluent crimfon breaks 0' er their wan lips, and paints their haggard cheeks:. Through each fine nerve rekindling tranfports dart~ Light the quick eye, and fwell the exulting heart. M |