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Above, below, the Conflagration roars,
Ev'n the Seas kindled burn thro' all their Shores,
Deluge of Fire! Earth rocks her tottering Coasts,
And gloomy Pluto shakes with all his Ghosts;
Ev'n the pale Titans, chain'd on burning Flores,
Start at the Din that rends th' infernal Shores;
Then in full Wrath, Jove all the God applies,
And all his Thunders burst at once the Skies,
And rushing gloomy from th' Olympian Brow,
He blasts the Giant with th' Almighty Blow;
The Giant tumbling sinks beneath the Wound,
And with enormous ruin rocks the Ground:
Nor yet the Lightnings of th' Almighty stay,
Thro' the sing'd Earth they burst their burning way;
Earth kindling inward, melts in all her Caves,
And hissing floats with fierce Metallic Waves;
As Iron fusile from the Furnace flows,
Or molten Ore with keen effulgence glows,
Ev'n the Seas kindled burn thro' all their Shores,
Deluge of Fire! Earth rocks her tottering Coasts,
And gloomy Pluto shakes with all his Ghosts;
Ev'n the pale Titans, chain'd on burning Flores,
Start at the Din that rends th' infernal Shores;
Then in full Wrath, Jove all the God applies,
And all his Thunders burst at once the Skies,
And rushing gloomy from th' Olympian Brow,
He blasts the Giant with th' Almighty Blow;
The Giant tumbling sinks beneath the Wound,
And with enormous ruin rocks the Ground:
Nor yet the Lightnings of th' Almighty stay,
Thro' the sing'd Earth they burst their burning way;
Earth kindling inward, melts in all her Caves,
And hissing floats with fierce Metallic Waves;
As Iron fusile from the Furnace flows,
Or molten Ore with keen effulgence glows,
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