Salmoneus too, and the price his pride
Cost him, for choosing impious to ride
Mimicking lightnings’ flash, the thunder’s roar
Fool! to ape Jove with his steeds as they bore
His car through Elis, torches as they cast
Their smoky gleams, trumpets’ quavering blast.
Brief the trickeries of that crazed career,
Joy for man on Earth’s stage to act God’s peer;
And swift climax when, amid storms, there fell
Bolts that drove the pretender down to Hell!