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But man's audacious might

What words can paint aright,

Or woman's daring spirit who may tell?

Her passion's frenzied throes,

Co-mates of mortal woes?

For love unlovely, when its evil spell

'Mong brutes or men the feebler sex befools,

Conjugial bands o'errules.

Let him confirm the truth I sing,

Whose thoughts soar not on Folly's wing,

Knowing full well what Thestios' daughter planned ;—