Part 4 (2/2)

Clouds of amber, dreams of gladness, Dulcet joys and sports of youth, Soon must yield to haughty sadness; Mercy holds the veil to Truth.

V.

See Erostratus the second Fires again Diana's fane; By the Fates from Orcus beckon'd, Clouds envelope Drury Lane.

VI.

Lurid smoke and frank suspicion Hand in hand reluctant dance: While the G.o.d fulfils his mission, Chivalry, resign thy lance.

VII.

Hark! the engines blandly thunder, Fleecy clouds dishevell'd lie, And the firemen, mute with wonder, On the son of Saturn cry.

VIII.

See the bird of Ammon sailing, Perches on the engine's peak, And, the Eagle firemen hailing, Soothes them with its bickering beak.

IX.

Juno saw, and mad with malice, Lost the prize that Paris gave: Jealousy's ensanguined chalice Mantling pours the orient wave.

X.

Pan beheld Patroclus dying, Nox to Niobe was turn'd; From Busiris Bacchus flying, Saw his Semele inurn'd.

XI.

Thus fell Drury's lofty glory, Levell'd with the shuddering stones; Mars, with tresses black and gory, Drinks the dew of pearly groans.

XII.

Hark! what soft Eolian numbers Gem the blushes of the morn!

Break, Amphion, break your slumbers, Nature's ringlets deck the thorn.

XIII.

Ha! I hear the strain erratic Dimly glance from pole to pole; Raptures sweet and dreams ecstatic Fire my everlasting soul.

XIV.

Where is Cupid's crimson motion?

Billowy ecstasy of woe, Bear me straight, meandering ocean, Where the stagnant torrents flow.

XV.

Blood in every vein is gus.h.i.+ng, Vixen vengeance lulls my heart: See, the Gorgon gang is rus.h.i.+ng!

Never, never let us part!

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