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 1      II|          For never goddess pour'd, nor woman yet,~ So full
 2      II|       were born~ Minos, unmatch'd but by the powers above,~
 3      II|           Nor Ceres golden-hair'd, nor high-enthron'd~ Latona
 4      II| golden-hair'd, nor high-enthron'd~ Latona in the skies; no --
 5      II|        soul perceive~ O'erwhelm'd with sweetness of intense
 6      II|       child; though much enforc'd~ Restrain thine anger: we,
 7      II|         lay:~ Juno, too, suffer'd, when Amphitryon's son~
 8      II|       right breast a three-barb'd arrow sent:~ Dire, and unheard
 9      II|      Aegis-bearing Jove~ Assail'd him in the very gates of
10      II|         the bitter shaft remain'd~ Deep in his shoulder fix'
11      II|        Deep in his shoulder fix'd, and griev'd his soul."~ ~
12      II|       shoulder fix'd, and griev'd his soul."~ ~But if it is
13      II|       royal Neptune stood oppos'd~ Phoebus Apollo with his
14      II|         helpful god, Latona fac'd.~ ~These and such like things
15     XXV|          or fail,~ Or be recall'd, if with a nod confirm'd.~ ~
16     XXV|        d, if with a nod confirm'd.~ ~But Plato, as it seems,
17  XXVIII|      not, and the moon full-orb'd;~ There also, all the stars
18  XXVIII|     Tall thriving trees confess'd the fruitful mould;~ The
19  XXVIII|     fruits to grow.~ Here order'd vines in equal ranks appear,~
20  XXVIII|    vines in early flower descry'd~ Here grapes discoloured
21  XXVIII|      autumn's richest purple dy'd.~ ~Do not these words present
22  XXVIII|         affect the skies.~ Heav'd on Olympus tottering Ossa
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