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 Alarm'd, th' inferior Demons of the Place Rais'd rueful Shrieks and hideous Yells around; Black ruptur'd Clouds deform'd the Face, And from beneath was heard a wailing Sound, As of Infernal Sprights in Cavern bound; A solemn Sadness every Creature , And Lightnings flash'd, and Horror rock'd the Ground: Huge Crouds on Crouds out-pour'd, with blemish'd Look,

Soon as the short-liv'd Tempest was , Steam'd from the Jaws of vext Avernus' Hole, And hush'd the Hubbub of the Rabblement, the first calm Moment stole. "There must, (he cry'd) amid so vast a Shoal, "Be Some who are not tainted at the Heart, "Not poison'd quite by this same Villain's Bowl: "Come then, my Bard, thy heavenly Fire impart;