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Translations, &c.
"Conceal: so Neptune bids thee now farewell." 265
He ceas'd, and diving, sudden was ingulf'd
Deep in the gurgling eddy. Two fair sons
Th' appointed months discharg'd, by supreme Jove
Both scepter'd: Pelias first his empire wide
Stretch'd o'er Iölcos, whose irriguous vales 270
His gazing folds o'erfleec'd; her younger birth,
Neleus, was honour'd thro' the sandy realm
Of Pylus. She by Cretheus then espous'd,
A fair increase, Æson and Pheres, bore,
And great Amythaon, who with fiery steeds 275
Oft' disarray'd the foes in battle rang'd.
The daughter of Asopus next I view'd,
Antiope, boastful that she, by Jove
Impregnate, had the sam'd Amphion born,
And Zethus, founders of imperial Thebes, 280
Stately with seven large gates, and bulwark'd strong
Against invading pow'rs. Alcmena fair,
Amphitryon's consort, then advanc'd to view,
To heav'n's supreme who bore Alcides, bold
And lion-hearted. Next that lovely shade 285
Stood Megara, of Creon's royal race,
By great Alcides spous'd. To her succeeds
The sheeny form of Epicaste, woo'd
By Oedipus her son, to whom she deign'd
Spousal embraces, thoughtless of misdeed; 290
He having too (ill-starr'd!) destroy'd his sire,
His lineage with incestuous mixture soil'd,
He ceas'd, and diving, sudden was ingulf'd
Deep in the gurgling eddy. Two fair sons
Th' appointed months discharg'd, by supreme Jove
Both scepter'd: Pelias first his empire wide
Stretch'd o'er Iölcos, whose irriguous vales 270
His gazing folds o'erfleec'd; her younger birth,
Neleus, was honour'd thro' the sandy realm
Of Pylus. She by Cretheus then espous'd,
A fair increase, Æson and Pheres, bore,
And great Amythaon, who with fiery steeds 275
Oft' disarray'd the foes in battle rang'd.
The daughter of Asopus next I view'd,
Antiope, boastful that she, by Jove
Impregnate, had the sam'd Amphion born,
And Zethus, founders of imperial Thebes, 280
Stately with seven large gates, and bulwark'd strong
Against invading pow'rs. Alcmena fair,
Amphitryon's consort, then advanc'd to view,
To heav'n's supreme who bore Alcides, bold
And lion-hearted. Next that lovely shade 285
Stood Megara, of Creon's royal race,
By great Alcides spous'd. To her succeeds
The sheeny form of Epicaste, woo'd
By Oedipus her son, to whom she deign'd
Spousal embraces, thoughtless of misdeed; 290
He having too (ill-starr'd!) destroy'd his sire,
His lineage with incestuous mixture soil'd,
