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There, prostrate to the fierce Virago pray;
Whose Temple was the Land-Mark of our way.
$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$Each with a Phrygian Mantle veil'd his Head;
And all Commands of Helenus obey'd;
And pious Rites to Grecian Juno paid. 720
These dues perform'd, we stretch our Sails, and stand
To Sea, forsaking that suspected Land.
From hence Tarentum's Bay appears in view;
For Hercules renown'd, if Fame be true.
Just opposite, Lacinian Juno stands; 725
Caulonian Tow'rs, and Scylacæan Strands
For Shipwrecks fear'd: Mount Ætna thence we spy,
Known by the smoaky Flames which Cloud the Skie.
Far off we hear the Waves, with surly sound
Invade the Rocks, the Rocks their groans rebound.
The Billows break upon the sounding Strand; 731
And rowl the rising Tide, impure with Sand.
Then thus Anchises, in Experience old,
Tis that Charibdis which the Seer foretold:
And those the promis'd Rocks; bear off to Sea: 735
With haste the frighted Mariners obey.
First Palinurus to the Larboard veer'd;
Then all the Fleet by his Example steer'd.
To Heav'n aloft on ridgy Waves we ride;
Then down to Hell descend, when they divide. 740
$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$And thrice our Gallies knock'd the stony ground,
And thrice the hollow Rocks return'd the sound,
And thrice we saw the Stars, that stood with dews around.