(But more and more the tumult did increase:

Awhile he swore—they sent into the space

Their boisterous shouts in honour of their king,

And unto Bacchus tuned their welcoming.)

Yes—he, poor god, grew more and more depress’d;

His temples swoll’n, and every joint oppress’d

With pain intense, he cried—“None so distress’d

As I, * * * none half so wretched, * * * none so lorn, * * *

Not one so miserable was ever born!”

Great Pluto, seeing the god most sorely wroth,