2^0 STUDIES OF NATURE. 



tucs of Heroes ; and that the fame Poet, who, in 

 his Eclogues, tunes fo fweetly the rural pipe, can 

 blow as vigoroufly the epic trumpet. 



* Hie juvenum chorus, ille fenum, qui carmine laudes 

 Herculeas et fafta ferunt : ut primum novercae 

 Monflra manu geminofque premens eliferit angues : 

 Ut beUo egregias idem disjecerit urbes, 

 Trojamque, vEchaliamque : ut duros mille labores 

 Rege fub Euryftheo, fatis Junonis iniqux, 

 Pertulerit. Tu nubigenas invifte bimembres, 

 Hylaeumque, Pholumque manu : tu Creflia madas 

 Prodigia, et vaftum Nemeâ fub rupe Leonem. 

 Te Stygii tremuere lacus : te janitor Orci, 

 Ofla fuper recubans, antro feme|£i cruentp. 



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* The choirs of old and young, in lofty lays, 

 Refound great Hercules' immortal praife. 

 How firft, his infant hands the fnakes o'erthrew, 

 That Jiino fent ; and the dire monfters Hew. 

 What mighty cities next his ai'ms deflrpy, 

 Th' ^chalian walls, and ftately towers of Troy. 

 The thoufand labours of the hero's hands, 

 Enjoin'd by proud Eitryftbeus' ftern commands, 

 And Jovi's revengeful Queen. Thy matchlefs might 

 O'ercame the cloud-born Centaurs in the fight ; 

 Hylaus, Pholus, funk beneath thy feet, 

 And the grim bull, whofe rage difpeopled Crete. 

 Beneath thy arm, the Nemean monfter fell ; 

 Thy arm, with terror fiU'd the realms of Hell ; 

 Ev'n Hell's grim porter fliook with dire difmay, 

 Shrunk back, and trembled o'er his mangled prey. 



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