Did either stretch the limit of the war.
But now when Jove had set before his powers
All things befitting; the repast of gods;
The nectar and ambrosia, in each breast
Th’ heroic spirit kindled: and now all
With nectar and with sweet ambrosia fill’d,
Thus spake the father of the gods and men:
“Hear me! illustrious race of Earth and Heaven!
That what the spirit in my bosom prompts
I now may utter. Long, and day by day,