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555—579 The ruin vanished, and the name no more."

Thus they in heaven: while o'er the Grecian train

The rolling sun descending to the main

Beheld the finished work. Their bulls they slew;

Black from the tents the savoury vapours flew.

And now the fleet, arrived from Lemnos' strands,

With Bacchus' blessings cheered the generous bands.

Of fragrant wines the rich Eunæus sent

A thousand measures to the royal tent:

Eunæus, whom Hypsipyle of yore

To Jason, shepherd of his people, bore.

The rest they purchased at their proper cost,

And well the plenteous freight supplied the host:

Each, in exchange, proportioned treasures gave;

Some brass, or iron, some an ox or slave.

All night they feast, the Greek and Trojan powers;

Those on the fields, and these within their towers.

But Jove averse the signs of wrath displayed,

And shot red lightnings through the gloomy shade:

Humbled they stood; pale horror seized on all,

While the deep thunder shook the aërial hall.

Each poured to Jove, before the bowl was crowned, And large libations drenched the thirsty ground; Then late, refreshed with sleep from toils of fight, Enjoyed the balmy blessings of the night.