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OVID's
METAMORPHOSES.
BOOK X.
Translated by Mr. Dryden, Mr. Congreve, and Others.
The Story of Orpheus and Euridice.
By Mr. Congreve.
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HENCE, in his Saffron Robe, for distant Thrace,
Hymen departs thro' Air's unmeasur'd Space;
By Orpheus call'd, the Nuptial Pow'r attends,
But with ill-omen'd Augury descends;
Nor chearful look'd the God, nor prosp'rous spoke,
Nor blaz'd his Torch, but wept in hissing Smoke.
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