And Asiatic fancy warm,
Assembled and conjoined in one,
Make the Forum’s paragon!
SUGGESTED BY A HEAD OF ACHILLES IN SIR WILLIAM GELL’S POMPEII.
The swift Pelides from a Goddess’ loins,
Like lightning from a summer cloud was born;
Ambrosial youth incarnadined his limbs
With roseal lustre and Hebean bloom;
Yet in their marble smoothness lay enshrined