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Th' immortal Race to Council bid repair,
320 Summon'd from Heav'n and Hell, and Earth, and Sea, and Air.
320 Summon'd from Heav'n and Hell, and Earth, and Sea, and Air.
XXXIII.
The Subject Gods[1] came at the Royal Call,
All that Ambrosia eat, and Nectar quaff'd:
Stern Murd'rer Mars, that shakes the guarded Wall,
Diana fair rejoicing in her Shaft,
325 Earth-shaking Neptune strong by Seas obey'd,
Far-shooting Phœbus golden hair'd unshorn,
Pallas etherial Spinster, blue-ey'd Maid,
And Venus laughter-loving Occan-born.
The Subject Gods[1] came at the Royal Call,
All that Ambrosia eat, and Nectar quaff'd:
Stern Murd'rer Mars, that shakes the guarded Wall,
Diana fair rejoicing in her Shaft,
325 Earth-shaking Neptune strong by Seas obey'd,
Far-shooting Phœbus golden hair'd unshorn,
Pallas etherial Spinster, blue-ey'd Maid,
And Venus laughter-loving Occan-born.
- ↑ v. 321. The Subject Gods.] Poets divided the Divine Attributes as it were into so many Persons, because the Infirmity of a Human Mind cannot sufficiently conceive, and explain so much Power and Action in a Simplicity so great and indivisible as that of God: And perhaps they were jealous of the Advantages they reap'd from such excellent, and refin'd Learning, and which they thought the vulgar part of Mankind was not worthy of Bossu.
Vulcan
