...inopinato, fententiola aliqua mirabili, veluti Virgula divina, percutere. De Augraentis. Sclent. Lib. !j.. Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king, With...clouds of flumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightening of his eye *. THE reader will doubtkfs be pleafed, to fee thefe rtriking images copied by...

...Hascurb'd the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirsty lance at thy command : Perching on the scepter'd hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With...plumes, and flagging wing: Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightning of his eye." In the same exquisite way does the poet...

...Has curb'd the fury of his car And dropt his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With...plumes, and flagging wing: Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye. 3 Thee the voice, the dance, obey, Tempered...

...Zeus was charmed to rest by music ; cf. Gray, The Progress of Poesy, I. 1 : "Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With...plumes, and flagging wing: Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and light 'ning of his eye." The raven is chosen as symbolising...

...curb'd the fury of his car, And drop'd his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the scept'red hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With...plumes, and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and light'nings of his eye. I- 3Thee the voice, the dance, obey,...

...Ode of Pindar the eagle of Zeus was charmed to rest by "Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, the magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled plumes and flagging wing: Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and light'nings of his eye." The Progress of Poetry 1. 2; where...