men and women; but his thoughts outran his pace, and he

"Insult, and blind, and stifle up my pomp.-

"Fall!- No, by Tellus and her briny robes!

"Over the fiery frontier of my realms

"I will advance a terrible right arm

"Shall scare that infant thunderer, rebel Jove,

"And bid old Saturn take his throne again."-

He spake, and ceas'd, the while a heavier threat

Held struggle with his throat but came not forth;