Embraced the god. * * * The then surrounding band
Of wondering magnates, vie[151] and send abroad—
“Long live great Bassareus!” “Hail our new-born god!”
Then all the multitude join’d in the song,
And ceasèd not, till Vulcan beat his gong;
When to the palace the great concourse went;
And on the mount, where dwelt th’ omnipotent
Unmerciful, great god, to light the way
Ten thousand torches flamed towards the sky;
And all within, and out, was revelry.