None stays its fury, till the level found
At last, there overcome it rolls no more.
Cowper.
[271] He cast forth dews of blood.] Iliad, xvi, 459. Death of Sarpedon:
The Sire of gods and men
Dissented not: but on the earth distill’d
A sanguine shower, in honour of a son
Dear to him.
Cowper.
[272] As in the mountain thickets.] Homer, Iliad xiii.