The poet does a thousand figures find;

Around the work his ornaments he pours,

And strows with lavish hand his opening flowers.

'Tis not a wonder if a tempest bore

The Trojan fleet against the Libyan shore;

From faithless fortune this is no surprise,

For every day 'tis common to our eyes:

But angry Juno, that she might destroy,

And overwhelm the rest of ruined Troy;

That Æolus, with the fierce goddess joined,