Of his Alcmena: such inflaming love

Seiz’d in the deep recesses of his heart

The chief of thousands. And as he, that scarce

Escapes, and yet escapes, from grievous plague

Or the hard-fettering chain, flies free away

Joyful,—so struggling through that arduous toil

With pain accomplish’d, wishful, eager, traced

The prince his homeward way. The live-long night

He with the modest partner of his bed

Embracing lay, and revell’d in delight