PartonthePlain,orintheAirsublime

    Uponthewing,orinswiftRatend,

    AsatthOlympianGamesorPythianfields;[530]

    PartcurbthirfierieSteeds,orshuntheGoal

    Withrapidwheels,orfrontedBrigadsform.

    AswhentoroudCitiesears

    WagdiroubldSkie,andArmiesrush

    ToBattelintheClouds,beforeea[535]

    PrickforththeAerieKnights,andcouchthirSpears

    TillthickestLegionsclose;withfeatsofArms

    FromeitherendofHeavnthewelkinburns.

    OtherswithvastTyph?anragemorefell

    RendupbothRodHills,andridetheAir[540]

    Inwhirlwind;Hellscarceholdsthewildeuproar.

    AswhenAlcidesfromOechaliad

    Withquest,feltthenvenomdrobe,andtore

    ThroughpainupbytherootsThessalianPines,

    AndLichasfromthetopofOetathrew[545]

    IntothEuboicSea.Othersmoremilde,

    Retreatedinasilentvalley,sing

    WithnotesAngelianyaHarp

    ThirownHeroicdeedsandhaplessfall

    BydoomofBattel;andplainthatFate[550]

    FreeVertueshouldenthralltoForceorce.

    ThirSongartial,buttheharmony

    (WhatcoulditlesswhenSpiritsimmortalsing?)

    SuspendedHell,andtookwithravishment

    Thethrongingaudiendiscoursemoresweet[555]

    (ForEloqueheSoul,SongcharmstheSense,)

    OthersapartsatonaHillretird,

    Inthoughtsmoreelevate,andreasondhigh

    OfProvidence,Foreknowledge,WillandFate,

    FixtFate,freewill,foreknowledgabsolute,[560]

    Andfoundnoend,inwandringmazeslost.

    Ofgoodandevilmuchtheyargudthen,

    Ofhappin