Page:Ovid's Metamorphoses (Vol. 1) - tr Garth, Dryden, et. al. (1727).djvu/299

Book 7. Who him with unexpected Wings supply'd, When delug'd Hills a safe Retreat deny'd. Æolian Pitané on her Left Hand She saw, and there the statu'd Dragon stand; With Ida's Grove, where Bacchus, to disguise His Son's bold Theft, and to secure the Prize, Made the stoln Steer a Stag to represent; Cocytus' Father's sandy Monument; And Fields that held the murder'd Sire's Remains, Where howling Mœra frights the startled Plains. Euryphilus' high Town, with Tow'rs defac'd By Hercules, and Matrons more disgrac'd With sprouting Horns, in signal Punishment, From Juno, or resenting Venus sent. Then Rhodes, which Phœbus did so dearly prize, And Jove no less severely did chastize; For he the Wizard Native's pois'ning Sight, That us'd the Farmer's hopeful Crops to blight, In Rage o'erwhelm'd with everlasting Night. Cartheia's ancient Walls come next in view, Where once the Sire almost a Statue grew With Wonder, which a strange Event did move, His Daughter turn'd into a Turtle-Dove. Then Nyries Lake, and Tempés Field o'er-ran, Fam'd for the Boy who there became a Swan; For there enamour'd Phyllius, like a Slave, Perform'd what Tasks his Paramour would crave. For Presents he had Mountain-Vultures caught, And from the Desart a tame Lion brought; Then a wild Bull commanded to subdue, The conquer'd Savage by the Horns he drew; But, mock'd so oft, the Treatment he disdains, And from the craving Boy this Prize detains. Then thus in Choller the resenting Lad; Won't you deliver him?You'll wish you had; Nor