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 When this the watchful Wizard saw, With sudden Spring he leap'd upon them strait; And soon as touch'd by his unhallow'd Paw, They found themselves within the cursed Gate; Full hard to be repass'd, like That of Fate. Not stronger were of old the Giant-Crew, Who sought to pull high Jove from regal State; Though feeble Wretch he seem'd, of sallow Hue:

For whomsoe'er the Villain takes in Hand, Their Joints unknit, their Sinews melt apace; As lithe they grow as any Willow-Wand, And of their vanish'd Force remains no Trace: So when a Maiden fair, of modest Grace, In all her buxom blooming May of Charms, Is seized in some 's hot Embrace, She waxeth very weakly as she warms,