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595 Now Slaughter reigns. Whole Show'rs of Weapons flow
On Meridarpax' leathern Shield in vain;
The Folds repel the Points. And surely now
His Hand impartial had the Nation slain,
Had not high Jove beheld the Frogs distrest,
600 And thus with gracious Lips his Offspring Gods addrest.
On Meridarpax' leathern Shield in vain;
The Folds repel the Points. And surely now
His Hand impartial had the Nation slain,
Had not high Jove beheld the Frogs distrest,
600 And thus with gracious Lips his Offspring Gods addrest.
LXI.
Hear, ev'ry Pow'r of Heaven, Air, Sea, and Hell!
Hear, ev'ry God, and ev'ry Goddess hear;
How strange to Sight! How wonderful to tell!
What Troops have fall'n by Meridarpax' Spear,
605 What numbers numberless! afflicted sore!
Say what of Arms or Council you prepare;
What Force can vie with Meridarpax' Pow'r?
What Slight effectual drive him from the War?
If not from Heav'n the Frogs Assistance find,
610 His fierce wide-wasting Arm, will quite destroy the Kind.
Hear, ev'ry Pow'r of Heaven, Air, Sea, and Hell!
Hear, ev'ry God, and ev'ry Goddess hear;
How strange to Sight! How wonderful to tell!
What Troops have fall'n by Meridarpax' Spear,
605 What numbers numberless! afflicted sore!
Say what of Arms or Council you prepare;
What Force can vie with Meridarpax' Pow'r?
What Slight effectual drive him from the War?
If not from Heav'n the Frogs Assistance find,
610 His fierce wide-wasting Arm, will quite destroy the Kind.
LXII.
