t^Z STUDIES OF NATURE. 



" triumphantly furmounted a thoufand painful la- 

 *' hours, under King Eiiryfihem:^ impofed by the 

 '* refentment of unrelenting Juno: Thou, invin- 

 '[ cible Hero, thou, by thine arm, fubduedft the 

 ** double-hmbed, cloud-born Centaurs, Hyl^em 

 *' and Pholtts ; the monfters of Cfete fell by thy 

 " ftroke, and the formidable lion under the Ne- 

 ** mean rock ; the Stygian lakes trembled at thy 

 ** approach ; as did the janitor of Hell, as he lay 

 " reclined on a heap of half- gnawed bones, in his 

 ** bloody den : No appearance of danger appalled 

 ** thee, not even the gigantic Typhaiis himfelf, 

 ** rufliing . upon thee tremendous in arms : Thou 

 ** wert not difmayed, though enclofed on every 

 ** fide by the many-headed fnake of Lerna. Hail, 

 ** undoubted offspring of mighty Jove ! add new 

 *' luftre to the ikies : Gracioufly bend down to 

 *' hear our vows, and to accept our facrifices." 



*' Such was the lofty fubjedl of their fong : above 

 *' all the reft they exahed the prodigies of the 

 ** fearful den of Cactts, and the monfter himfelf 

 *' vomiting forth ftreams of fire. The fpacious 

 ** grove was filled with the harmony, and the noife 

 *' rebounded from hill to hill." 



Thefe are drains worthy of the manly breads of 

 Arcadians : We feem to hear them filling the am- 

 bient 



