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[pg<br />

384]<br />

He ceased; wide conflagration blazing<br />

round;<br />

<strong>The</strong> bubbling waters yield a hissing<br />

sound.<br />

As when the flames beneath a<br />

cauldron rise, 272<br />

To melt the fat <strong>of</strong> some rich sacrifice,<br />

Amid the fierce embrace <strong>of</strong> circling<br />

fires<br />

<strong>The</strong> waters foam, the heavy smoke<br />

aspires:<br />

So boils the imprison'd flood, forbid<br />

to flow,<br />

And choked with vapours feels his<br />

bottom glow.<br />

To Juno then, imperial queen <strong>of</strong> air,<br />

<strong>The</strong> burning river sends his earnest<br />

prayer:<br />

"Ah why, Saturnia; must thy son<br />

engage

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