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And there, unchain'd from Erebus and Night,
Auxiliar[1] Giants aid the Gods in Fight:
An hundred Arms each tow'r-like Warrior nears,
And stares from fifty Heads amid the Stars;
The dreadful Brotherhood stern-frowning stands,
And hurls an hundred Rocks from hundred Hands!
The Titans rush'd with Fury uncontroul'd,
Gods sunk on Gods o'er Giant Giant roul'd;
Then roar'd the Ocean with a dreadful Sound,
Heaven shook with all its Thrones, and groan'd the Ground,
Trembled th' eternal Poles at ev'ry stroke,
And frighted Hell from its Foundations shook;
Noise, horrid Noise th' aereal Region fills,
Rocks dash on Rocks, and Hills encounter Hills;
Thro' Earth, Air, Heav'n, tumultuous Clamours rise,
And Shouts of Battle thunder in the Skies:
Auxiliar[1] Giants aid the Gods in Fight:
An hundred Arms each tow'r-like Warrior nears,
And stares from fifty Heads amid the Stars;
The dreadful Brotherhood stern-frowning stands,
And hurls an hundred Rocks from hundred Hands!
The Titans rush'd with Fury uncontroul'd,
Gods sunk on Gods o'er Giant Giant roul'd;
Then roar'd the Ocean with a dreadful Sound,
Heaven shook with all its Thrones, and groan'd the Ground,
Trembled th' eternal Poles at ev'ry stroke,
And frighted Hell from its Foundations shook;
Noise, horrid Noise th' aereal Region fills,
Rocks dash on Rocks, and Hills encounter Hills;
Thro' Earth, Air, Heav'n, tumultuous Clamours rise,
And Shouts of Battle thunder in the Skies:
Then
- ↑ Ægeon, Cottus, Gyges.
