Page:Blenheim-A poem.djvu/17

Rh The lingring Remnant with unusual Tide; Then Rowling back, in His Capacious Lap Ingulfs Their whole Militia, quick immerst. So when some swelt'ring Travellers retire To leafy Shades, near the cool Sunless Verge Of Paraba, Brasilian Stream; Her Tail Of vast Extension, from Her watry Den, A grisly Hydra suddenly shoots forth, Insidious, and with curl'd invenom'd Train Embracing horridly, at once the Crew Into the River whirles; th'unweeting Prey Entwisted roars, the parted Wave rebounds.

Nor did the British Squadrons now surcease To gall their Foes o'erwhelm'd; full many felt In the moist Element a scorching Death, Pierc'd sinking; Shrouded in a dusky Cloud The Current flows, with livid missive Flames Boiling, as once Pergamean Xanthus boil'd, Inflam'd by Vulcan when th'Swift-footed Son Of Peleus to his baleful Banks pursu'd The straggling Trojans: Nor Iess Eager drove Victorious CHURCHILL His desponding Foes Into the deep Immense, that many a League Rh