eeds; ye glittering stars! whose rays
"With Luna's, Sol's diurnal light succeed;
"And thou, O, Hecat'! tripleform'd, who know'st
"My undertaking, and approaching aid'st
"With incantations, and with magic powers:
"And thou, O, earth! whose bosom witching plants
"Affords: ye winds; ye skies; ye mountains; lakes;
"And flowing streams: O, all ye gods! who dwell
"In shady woods; and all ye gods of night,
"Hither approach! by whose high power, at will,
"Rivers I cause between their wondering banks,
"Back to their springs to flow; the stormy deep
"Hush by my song, or lash it into rage;
"Clouds form, or clouds dispel; raise furious blasts,
"Or furious blasts allay; smite with my song
"The dragon's furious jaws: the living rocks
"I shake;--uproot the oak; the earth upturn;
"Move forests; bid the trembling mountains leap;
"Loud roar the ground; and from the tombs the ghosts
"Affrighted walk. Thee, Luna, too I draw
"From heaven, by all the threatening clash of brass
"Deterr'd not: pale the brighter car becomes,
"My spells once utterr'd: by my poisons charm'd,
"Pallid Aurora seems. You, plants! for me,
"Blunted the ardor of the flaming bulls;
"Press'd with the yoke, their necks impatient bent,
"And dragg'd the crooked plough. You bade the race
"Snake-born, upon themselves their warring rage
"To turn. In sleep the roaring dragon's eyes
"You steep'd; the guard eluded, sent the prize
"To glad the towns of Greece. Now have I need
"Of renovating herbs, to make old age
"Glow once again in all its youthful bloom.
"This will you grant, for sure those stars in vain
"Not sparkle; nor in vain the chariot comes
"Drawn by the dragons wing'd." The chariot comes
Swift sweeping through the air. Active she mounts,
Strokes the rein'd dragons' manes, and shakes the thongs.
On high they soar:--Thessalian Tempe far
Beneath she views; then tow'rd the chalky land
Her snakes directs. On Ossa's top explores
For plants, and seeks what lofty Pelion bears;
Othrys, and Pindus, and Olympus huge.
What please her, part she with their root updrags;
Part with her crooked brazen sickle mows;
Apidanus; Amphrysos, on their banks
Many afforded: nor Enipeus scap'd.
Peneus, and Spercheus, and the rushy shores
Of Baebe some contributed. She pluck'd
In Anthedon the living grass whose power,
Then Glaucus' form unchang'd, was yet unknown.

Now had nine days,