A numerous exile, and enjoyed her pains.

With grief and gladness mixed, the mother viewed

Her martyr'd offspring, and their race renewed;

Their corps to perish, but their kind to last,

So much the deathless plant the dying fruit surpassed.

Panting and pensive now she ranged alone,

And wandered in the kingdoms, once her own.

The common hunt, though from their rage restrained

By sovereign power, her company disdained,

Grinned as they passed, and with a glaring eye