His imprecations echo down to hell,

And rouse the snaky furies from their Stygian cell.

One while, he labours to disgorge his breast,

And free his stomach from the cursed feast;

Then, weeping o'er his lamentable doom,

He styles himself his son's sepulchral tomb,

Now, with drawn sabre, and impetuous speed,

In close pursuit he drives Pandion's breed;

Whose nimble feet spring with so swift a force

Across the fields, they seem to wing their course: