And having done it, took his dark blue Endymion, with quick hand, the charm ap

cloak

And bound it round Endymion: then struck His wand against the empty air times nine.

What more there is to do, young man, is
thine:

But first a little patience; first undo
This tangled thread, and wind it to a clue.
Ah, gentle ! 't is as weak as spider's skein;
And shouldst thou break it — What, is it
done so elean?

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plied

The nymph arose: he left them to their joy,
And onward went upon his high employ,
Showering those powerful fragments on
the dead.

And, as he pass'd, each lifted up its head,
As doth a flower at Apollo's touch.
Death felt it to his inwards: 't was too
much:

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Death fell a-weeping in his charnel-house.
The Latmian persevered along, and thus
All were reanimated. There arose
A noise of harmony, pulses and throes
Of gladness in the air while many, who
Had died in mutual arms devout and true,
Sprang to each other madly; and the rest
Felt a high certainty of being blest.
Now, Carian, They gazed upon Endymion. Enchant-

A power overshadows thee! Oh, brave!
The spite of hell is tumbling to its grave.
Here is a shell; 't is pearly blank to me, 761
Nor mark'd with any sign or charactery
Canst thou read aught? O read for pity's
sake!

Olympus! we are safe!

break

ment

This wand against yon lyre on the pedes- Grew drunken, and would have its head tal.'

'Twas done: and straight with sudden

swell and fall

and bent.

Delicious symphonies, like airy flowers,
Budded, and swell'd, and, full-blown, shed

full showers

Of the dome pomp, reflected in extremes,
Globing a golden sphere.

They stood in dreams Till Triton blew his horn. The palace rang; The Nereids danced; the Sirens faintly

sang;

his day.

So wait awhile expectant. Pr'ythee soon,
Even in the passing of thine honey-moon,
Visit thou my Cytherea: thou wilt find
Cupid well-natured, my Adonis kind;
And pray persuade with thee - Ah, I have
done,

All blisses be upon thee, my sweet son !'
And the great Sea-King bow'd his dripping| Thus the fair goddess: while Endymion
head.
Knelt to receive those accents halcyon.

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Then Love took wing, and from his pinions
shed

On all the multitude a nectarous dew.
The ooze-born Goddess beckoned and drew
Fair Scylla and her guides to conference;
And when they reach'd the throned emi-

nence

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Meantime a glorious revelry began Before the Water-Monarch. Nectar ran In courteous fountains to all cups outreach'd;

And plunder'd vines, teeming exhaustless, pleach'd

New growth about each shell and pendent For scenes like this: an empire stern hast

lyre;

The which, in disentangling for their fire,
Pull'd down fresh foliage and coverture 930
For dainty toying. Cupid, empire-sure,
Flutter'd and laugh'd and oft-times through
the throng

Made a delighted way. Then dance, and

song,

As newly come of heaven, dost thou sit
To blend and interknit

Subdued majesty with this glad time.
O shell-borne King sublime!

We lay our hearts before thee evermore

And garlanding, grew wild; and pleasure We sing, and we adore!