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Leaps in our age's veins.
Here'midthebleakwavesofourstrifeandcareFloatthegreen
'FortunateIsles'Whereallthyhero-spiritsdwellandshareOurmartyr-
domsandtoils.ThepresentmovesattendedWithallofbraveandexcel-
lent and fair That made the old time splendid.
Milton also alludes to the same fable in "dise Lost Book III
1. 568:
LikethoseHesperiangardensfamedofoldFortunatefieldsand
groves and flowery valesThrice happy isles."
AndinBookII.hecharacterizestheriversofErebusaccordingtothe
meaning of their names in the Greek language:
AbhorredStyxthefloodofdeadlyhateSadAcheronofsorrowblack
anddeep;CocytusnamedoflamentationloudHeardontherueful
stream;fiercePhlegethonWhosewavesoftorrentfireinflamewithrage.
FarofffromtheseaslowandsilentstreamLethetheriverofoblivion
rollsHerwaterylabyrinthwhereofwhodrinksForthwithhisformer
state and being forgetsForgets both joy and griefpleasure and pain.
THE SIBYL
AsAeneasandtheSibylpursuedtheirwaybacktoearthhesaidto
herWhetherthoubeagoddessoramortalbelovedofthegods
byme
thoushaltalwaysbeheldinreverence.WhenIreachtheupperairIwill
causeatempletobebuilttothyhonor
andwillmyselfbringofferings.
IamnogoddesssaidtheSibyl;Ihavenoclaimtosacrificeoroffering.
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