And with our games divert thy weariest hours,

With all that elfin wits can e'er devise.

And, this churl dead, there'll be no hasting hours

To rob thee of thy joys, as now joy flies":—

Here she was stopp'd by Saturn's furious cries.

CVIII.

Whom, therefore, the kind Shade rebukes anew,

Saying, "Thou haggard Sin, go forth, and scoop

Thy hollow coffin in some churchyard yew,

Or make th' autumnal flow'rs turn pale, and droop;