The limbs, some scatter, of a victim steer:

Others in slippery folds of serpents shine,

Others apart, perform the rites divine.

To wicked men denied. These, tabors take,

These in their hands, the twinkling cymbals shake;

While many swell the horn in hoarser strain,

And make the shrill, discordant pipe complain,

While Bacchus, now enamoured of his prize,

Resolved to make her partner of the skies:

She, sweetly blushing, yielded to the God,