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F A b. VI/ Pluto wounded by Cupid at the Injligation of Venus.
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THE ARGUMENT.
One of the Mufes repeats to Minerva the Song of Calliope > in anfwer
to the Pierides;in which fhe defcribes the Defeat of the Giant Typhceus,
and Pluto taking a View afterwards of the Mountains in Sicily; where Ve-
nus perfwades her Son to pierce his Heart with One of his Arrows.
FIrft Ceres taught the lab'ring Hind to plow
The pregnant Earth, and cjuickning Seed
PRima Ceres unco glebam dimovit aratro:
Prima dedit fruges, alimentaque mitia
t err is:
Prima dedit leges. Cereris fumus omnia
munus.
Ilia canenda mthi ejl. utinam modo dicere
pojfem
Carmina dizna Deael certe T)ea carmine
digna ejl. 345
Vafla giganteis ingejla ejl infula membris
Trinacrisi (f magnis fubjeBum molibus urguet
Aetherias aufum fperare Typhoea fedes.
Nititur ille quidem,pugnatquerefurgere faepe:
T)extra fed Aufonio manus ejl Jubjeffa Pe-
loro: g tfo
Laeva, Pachjne, tib'n Lilibaeo crura pre-
muntur:
Degravat Aetna caput: fub qua refupinus
arenas
Ejeclat fammamque fero vomit ore Typhoeus.
Saepe remoliri luffatur ponder a terrae >•
Oppidaque}
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to fow.
She firft for Man did wholefom Food provide,
And with juftLaws the wicked World lupply'd:
All Good from her deriv'd, to her belong
The grateful Tributes of the Mufe's Song.
Her more than worthy of our Verie we deem,
Oh ! were our Verfe more worthy of the
Theme.
3} Jove on the Giant fair Trinacria hurl'd,
And with one Bolt reveng'd his Starry World.
Beneath her burning Hills Tyfhaus lies >
And j ilrugling always, ftrives in vain to rife.
Down does Pelorus his right Hand fupprels
Toward Latium, on the left Pachyne weighs.
His Legs are under Lilybaum fpread 3
And ALtna preffes hard his horrid Head.
On his broad Back he there extended lies,
And vomits Clouds of Allies to the Skies.
Oft lab'ring with his Load > at laft he tires,
And fpews out in Revenge a Flood of Fires.
Mountains he ftruggles to o'erwhelm, and
Towns,
Earth's inmoft Bowels quake , and Nature
groans.
His
F A b. VI/ Pluto wounded by Cupid at the Injligation of Venus.
<7r,
Br
THE ARGUMENT.
One of the Mufes repeats to Minerva the Song of Calliope > in anfwer
to the Pierides;in which fhe defcribes the Defeat of the Giant Typhceus,
and Pluto taking a View afterwards of the Mountains in Sicily; where Ve-
nus perfwades her Son to pierce his Heart with One of his Arrows.
FIrft Ceres taught the lab'ring Hind to plow
The pregnant Earth, and cjuickning Seed
PRima Ceres unco glebam dimovit aratro:
Prima dedit fruges, alimentaque mitia
t err is:
Prima dedit leges. Cereris fumus omnia
munus.
Ilia canenda mthi ejl. utinam modo dicere
pojfem
Carmina dizna Deael certe T)ea carmine
digna ejl. 345
Vafla giganteis ingejla ejl infula membris
Trinacrisi (f magnis fubjeBum molibus urguet
Aetherias aufum fperare Typhoea fedes.
Nititur ille quidem,pugnatquerefurgere faepe:
T)extra fed Aufonio manus ejl Jubjeffa Pe-
loro: g tfo
Laeva, Pachjne, tib'n Lilibaeo crura pre-
muntur:
Degravat Aetna caput: fub qua refupinus
arenas
Ejeclat fammamque fero vomit ore Typhoeus.
Saepe remoliri luffatur ponder a terrae >•
Oppidaque}
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to fow.
She firft for Man did wholefom Food provide,
And with juftLaws the wicked World lupply'd:
All Good from her deriv'd, to her belong
The grateful Tributes of the Mufe's Song.
Her more than worthy of our Verie we deem,
Oh ! were our Verfe more worthy of the
Theme.
3} Jove on the Giant fair Trinacria hurl'd,
And with one Bolt reveng'd his Starry World.
Beneath her burning Hills Tyfhaus lies >
And j ilrugling always, ftrives in vain to rife.
Down does Pelorus his right Hand fupprels
Toward Latium, on the left Pachyne weighs.
His Legs are under Lilybaum fpread 3
And ALtna preffes hard his horrid Head.
On his broad Back he there extended lies,
And vomits Clouds of Allies to the Skies.
Oft lab'ring with his Load > at laft he tires,
And fpews out in Revenge a Flood of Fires.
Mountains he ftruggles to o'erwhelm, and
Towns,
Earth's inmoft Bowels quake , and Nature
groans.
His