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Cumae.
No busy hum the wanderer greets , Of active life and crowded streets , But fearfully his eyes survey , In Night ' s lone reign , his dangerous way . () ft , issuing from his secret lair , The stealthy brigand watches there ; Oftfrom the neihbouring vales and woods
, g , Where deeper gloom o ' er Gaurus broods , 'Mid darksome hours , in silent fear , The wolf ' s low mournful howl ye hear . Oh ! who with me , through yonder grove , To trace the siby l ' s haunt will rove , Plunge through each mazy path , and gaze Where Tartarus its gulf displays ?
Where spectral forms , of pallid mien , And speechless ghosts , by twilight seen , Surround the glades ? yet these of yore The Dardan hero dared explore , And , safe in Heaven ' s peculiar aid , Pierced the bright barriers undismay'd : Here view'd the Chieftain , wrought in gold The tale Pasiphae ' s passion told , When Daedalus unblushing strove To shelter her illicit love .
Here too he mark'd , in History ' s page , The deeds of many a future age , The bright renown that long should grace Tribes yet unborn , of Priam ' s race ; Another Troy the Fates disclose , The terror of surrounding foes . He , whilst ecstatic thoughts inspire Again to meet his buried sire ,
Undaunted pass'd that awful bourn From whence no travellers return , O ' er the dark wave exulting row'd , That leads to Pluto ' s dread abode .
Me , too , through each untrodden maze , Guide , potent Goddess ! where the rays Of day ' s effulgent orb no more Illume , ' tis said , the dismal shore , And , from Averno ' s depths , on high Sulphureous vapours taint the sky . E ' en now , beside the stagnant lake , The dusky thicket ' s tangled
brake—E ' en now , by Trivia ' s awful grove , I seem with trembling step to rove ; While darkly o ' er the yew-tree woods , Funereal horror ceaseless broods , And each tall cypress ' mid the gloom Waves to the breeze its leafy plume : On every side the forest shakes , The ground beneath my footstep quakes , Its lurid glare the moonbeam casts , And shadowy phantoms ride the blasts .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Cumae.
No busy hum the wanderer greets , Of active life and crowded streets , But fearfully his eyes survey , In Night ' s lone reign , his dangerous way . () ft , issuing from his secret lair , The stealthy brigand watches there ; Oftfrom the neihbouring vales and woods
, g , Where deeper gloom o ' er Gaurus broods , 'Mid darksome hours , in silent fear , The wolf ' s low mournful howl ye hear . Oh ! who with me , through yonder grove , To trace the siby l ' s haunt will rove , Plunge through each mazy path , and gaze Where Tartarus its gulf displays ?
Where spectral forms , of pallid mien , And speechless ghosts , by twilight seen , Surround the glades ? yet these of yore The Dardan hero dared explore , And , safe in Heaven ' s peculiar aid , Pierced the bright barriers undismay'd : Here view'd the Chieftain , wrought in gold The tale Pasiphae ' s passion told , When Daedalus unblushing strove To shelter her illicit love .
Here too he mark'd , in History ' s page , The deeds of many a future age , The bright renown that long should grace Tribes yet unborn , of Priam ' s race ; Another Troy the Fates disclose , The terror of surrounding foes . He , whilst ecstatic thoughts inspire Again to meet his buried sire ,
Undaunted pass'd that awful bourn From whence no travellers return , O ' er the dark wave exulting row'd , That leads to Pluto ' s dread abode .
Me , too , through each untrodden maze , Guide , potent Goddess ! where the rays Of day ' s effulgent orb no more Illume , ' tis said , the dismal shore , And , from Averno ' s depths , on high Sulphureous vapours taint the sky . E ' en now , beside the stagnant lake , The dusky thicket ' s tangled
brake—E ' en now , by Trivia ' s awful grove , I seem with trembling step to rove ; While darkly o ' er the yew-tree woods , Funereal horror ceaseless broods , And each tall cypress ' mid the gloom Waves to the breeze its leafy plume : On every side the forest shakes , The ground beneath my footstep quakes , Its lurid glare the moonbeam casts , And shadowy phantoms ride the blasts .