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Rh Phaeton desires some Pledge of his Father's Tenderness, and asks to be trusted with his Chariot. He answers,

Pignora certa petis; do pignora certa timendo. Met. B. 2.

However, the latter complies with his Importunity: The Consequence is fatal, the World is set on Fire, even the Rivers feel the Force of the Conflagration. The Tagus boyls.

The Nile retreats,

Zanthus is parch'd up,

The Poet's Fancy is here full of Energy, as well as in the following Lines. Apollo courts Daphne, and promises himself Success, but is disappointed.

And again,

The River Achelous combats Hercules, and assumes several Shapes in vain, then puts on at Rh