FRAGMENT. I55 



Parte alia Marti a:rrumque rotafque volueres 

 Inftabant, quibus ille viros, quibus excitât wbes: 

 jïgidaque horrificam, turbataî Palladis arma 

 Certatim fquamis ferpentum au roque polibant : 

 Connexofque angues, ipfamque in peélore Divae 

 Gorgona, defetlo vertentem lumina collo. 

 Tollite cunéla, inquit, cœptofque auferte laborcs, 

 iEtnei Cyclopes, et hue advertiîe mentem. 

 Arma acri facienda viro : nunc viribus uûis, 

 Nunc manibus rapidis, omni nunc arte magiftrâ; 

 Praecipitate moras. Nec plura efiFatus : at illi 

 Ocius incubuere omnes, pariterque laborem 

 Sortit! : Fluit aes rivis, aurique metallum : 



Vulnificufquc 



Three points of rain ; three forks of hail confpire ; 



*rhree arm'd with wind ; and three were barb'd with firç. 



The màfe they temper'd thick with livid ray?, 



Fear, Wrath, and Terror, and the lightning's blaze. 



With equal fpeed, a fécond train prepare 



The rapid chariot for the God of War ; 



The thund'ring wheels and axles, that excite 



The madding nations to the rage of fight.. 



Some, in a fringe, the burnifli'd ferpents roU'd, 



Round the dread aegis, bright with fcalesof gold ; 



The horrid asgis, great Minerva's fhield. 



When, in her wrath, flie takes the fatal field. 



All chai'g'd with curling fnakes the bofs they rais'd, 



And the grim Gorgon's head tremendous blaz'd. 



In agonizing pains the monfl:er frown'd, 



And roird, in death, her fiery eyes around. 



Throw, throw your tafkc afide, the Sovereign faid ; 

 Arms for a godlike Hero muft be made. 

 Fly to the work before the dawn of day ; 

 Yoyr fpeed, your ftrength, and all your Ikili difplay. 



Swift 



