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XIII.
So far'd the Prince whom o'er th' extended Lake
Lightfoot Pelides on his Shoulders bare,[1]
When lo! tremendous Sight! a crested Snake,
Whose blood-shot Eyes glar'd terrible from far.
125 Erect, with scales of Gold his Bosom glow'd,
While far behind his waving wreaths extend,
The Frog unmindful of his Godlike[2] Load,
Deserts dismay'd his newly-chosen Friend,
His destin'd Guests; to shun th' unequal Foe,
130 Dives sudden to the Deep, and swims secure below.
So far'd the Prince whom o'er th' extended Lake
Lightfoot Pelides on his Shoulders bare,[1]
When lo! tremendous Sight! a crested Snake,
Whose blood-shot Eyes glar'd terrible from far.
125 Erect, with scales of Gold his Bosom glow'd,
While far behind his waving wreaths extend,
The Frog unmindful of his Godlike[2] Load,
Deserts dismay'd his newly-chosen Friend,
His destin'd Guests; to shun th' unequal Foe,
130 Dives sudden to the Deep, and swims secure below.
- ↑ 122. It is not strange to give Epithets to Persons upon Occasions which have no Relation to them. Boileau. As may appear even from Virgil himself sometimes.—Quem Pius Æneas dictis affatur amaris.
- ↑ v. 127. God-like.
- ↑ v. 131. Divine.] This Phrase is not us'd to signify Perfection, but some particular Qualification or Advantage. Patroclus is call'd equal to a God, when he is lighting a Fire. Eustathius.
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