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,