Among the Virgins, where he ’rose: they look’d,
But ’twas in vain, for suddenly they’d gone
Down to the caverns of the mighty one.)
She saw poor Bassareus lift his ruffled head,—
Observ’d his deathied checks flush to a red:
And saw his eyes revolve, as ’round he gazed
Upon the crowd, and stood—as though amazed—
Contemplating with evident deep thought
The strange transfiguration which was wrought.
Forth Pluto stepp’d, and, holding out his hand,