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What sure expedient then shall Juno find,
To calm her fears, and ease her boding mind?
Delays to jealous minds a torment prove;
And Thule ripens every day for love. 64
To calm her fears, and ease her boding mind?
Delays to jealous minds a torment prove;
And Thule ripens every day for love. 64
She mounts her car, and shakes the silken reins;
The harness'd peacocks spread their painted trains,
And smooth their glossy necks against the sun:
The wheels along the level Azure run. 68
Eastward the goddess guides her gaudy team,
And perfects, as she rides, her forming scheme.
The harness'd peacocks spread their painted trains,
And smooth their glossy necks against the sun:
The wheels along the level Azure run. 68
Eastward the goddess guides her gaudy team,
And perfects, as she rides, her forming scheme.
The various orbs now pass'd, adown the steep
Of heaven the chariot whirls, and plunges deep 72
In fleecy clouds, which o'er the mid-land main
Hang pois'd in air, to bless the isles with rain:
And here the panting birds repose a-while;
Not so their queen; she gains the Cyprian isle, 76
By speedy Zephyrs borne in thickned air:
Unseen she seeks, unseen she finds, the fair.
Of heaven the chariot whirls, and plunges deep 72
In fleecy clouds, which o'er the mid-land main
Hang pois'd in air, to bless the isles with rain:
And here the panting birds repose a-while;
Not so their queen; she gains the Cyprian isle, 76
By speedy Zephyrs borne in thickned air:
Unseen she seeks, unseen she finds, the fair.
Now o'er the mountain tops the rising sun
Shot purple rays: now Thule had begun 80
Shot purple rays: now Thule had begun 80
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