For ’twas Apollo’s wish that he should be
Receiv’d with pomp into eternity,
And urged the matter to the full extent,
Till Pluto graciously gave his consent.
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The god,[134] now pleas’d, sent up a yellow shaft—
Which Boreas,[135] mighty wind, away did waft
Across th’ unfathomable red abyss,—
And which in transit caused a fearful hiss.
When Vulcan, seeing, alone, the signal bound,