Drinks Ten thousand Rivers up.——
The busy Sun, and one would guess
By’s drunken fiery Face no less,
Drinks up the Sea.——
Fill up the Bowl then, fill it high,
Fill all the Glasses there, for why,
Should every Creature drink, but I?
Why, Man of Morals, tell me why?[[149]]
[149]. Cowley’s Anacreon.
Some of the Poets have thought this Amphisbæna to be the Hydra Lernæa, the many-headed Serpent, that was very terrible to the adjacent Country, and slain by Hercules: When one Head was cut off, many others sprung up; so that there was no way to destroy the Monster, but by cutting off all the Heads with one Stroke.