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Show [ 104 ] But, when The:ffalia' s inaufpicious plain Received the matron-heroine from the 1nain ; While horns of triu1nph found, and altars burn, And !houting nations hail their Chief's return; Aghafl:, She faw new-deck' d the nuptial bed, And proud CREUSA to the te1nple led; Saw her in JAsoN's 1nerccnary anns Deride her virtues, and infult her channs ; Saw her dear babes from fatne and en1 pire torn, In foreign realtns deferted and forlorn ; Her love rejeCted, and her vengeance braved, By Him her beauties won, her virtues faved.With flern regard ilie eyed the traitor-king, And felt, Ingratitude ! thy keeneil: fling ; 145 1 55 " Nor Heaven,'' ihe cried, "nor Earth, nor Hell can hold " A Heart a bandon' d to the thirfl of Gold ! '' Stamp' d with wild foot, and ihook her horrent brow, And call'd the furies frorn their dens below. -Slow out of -earth, before the fefl:ive crowds, On wheels of fire, amid a night of clouds, 160 [ 105 J Drawn by fierce fiends arofe a magic car, Received the Queen, and hovering flam' d in air.- As with raifed hands the fuppliant traitors kneel, 1 6 5 And fear the vengeance they deferve to feel, Thrice with parch' d lips her guiltlefs babes fhe prefs' d, And thrice {he clafp' d thetn to her tartur' d breafl: ; Awhile with white uplif~ed eyes fhe fiood, Then plung' d her trernbling poniards in their blood. I 70 " Go, kifs your :Gre ! go, fhare the bridal mirth!'' She cry' d, and hurl' d their quivering limbs on earth. Rebellowing thunders rock the marble towers, And red-tongued lightnings fhoot their arrowy fhowers; Earth yawns !-the cra:lhing ruin finks !-o'er all 1 7 5 Death with black hands extends his mighty Pall ; Their 1ningling gore the Fiends of Vengeance quaff, And Hell receives the1n with convuHive laugh. Round the vex' d iDes where fierce tornadoes roar, Or tropic breezes footh the fultry ihore ; 180 p |