As when to warn proud Cities warr appears

With conquest, felt th envenomd robe, and tore

Yet with a pleasing sorcerie could charm

Others apart sat on a Hill retird,

By doom of Battel; and complain that Fate [ 550 ]

Thir own Heroic deeds and hapless fall

With rapid wheels, or fronted Brigads form.

Part curb 九九藏书thir fierie Steeds, or shun the Goal

Thir Song was partial, but the harmony

(What could it less when Spirits immortal sing?)

With notes Angelical to many a Harp

From either end of Heavn the welkin burns.

(For Eloquence the Soul, Song charms the Sense,)

Upon the wing, or in swift Race contend,

Toｗwｗ.９9lib•ｎｅｔ Battel in the Clouds, before each Van [ 535 ]

Wagd in the troubld Skie, and Armies rush

Suspended Hell, and took with ravishment

As when Alcides from Oechalia Crownd

Prick forth the Aerie Knights, and couch thir Spears

And found no end, in wandring mazes lost.

In thoughts more elevate, and reason九九藏书d high

The thronging audience. In discourse more sweet [ 555 ]

Till thickest Legions close; with feats of Arms

Retreated in a silent valley, sing

As at th Olympian Games or Pythian fields; [ 530 ]

Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will and Fate,

Others with vast Typhœan rage more fell

With stubborn patience as 九_九_藏_书_网with triple steel.

Rend up both Rocks and Hills, and ride the Air [ 540 ]

Passion and Apathie, and glory and shame,

Of good and evil much they argud then,

Fallacious hope, or arm th obdured brest

And Lichas from the top of Oeta threw [ 545 ]

Free Vertue should enthrall to Force or Chance.

Pain for a while or anguish, and excite

In whirlwind; Hell scarce holds the wilde uproar.

Part on the Plain, or in the Air sublime

Vain wisdom all, and false Philosophie: [ 565 ]

Into th Euboic Sea. Others more milde,

Through pain up by the roots Thessalian Pines,

Fixt Fate, free will, foreknowledg absolute, [ 560 ]

Of happiness and final misery,