Lush ivy then, and creeping asphodel;
And reared therewith twelve shrines amid the untrodden fell:
To Semelè three, to Dionysus nine.
Next, from a vase drew offerings subtly wrought,
And prayed and placed them on each fresh green shrine;
So by the god, who loved such tribute, taught.
Perched on the sheer cliff, Pentheus could espy
All, in a mastick hoar ensconced that grew thereby.
Autonoä marked him, and with, frightful cries
Flew to make havoc of those mysteries weird