find themselves in the same cave. I will be there, and,
if I may count on your sanction, will unite her to him in
lasting wedlock, and consecrate her his for life. Thus
shall Hymen[172] give us his presence.” The Queen of
Cythera makes no demur, but nods assent, smiling at the 10
trick she has found out.
Meanwhile Aurora has risen, and left the ocean. Rising
with the day-star, the chivalry of Carthage streams
through the gates, their woven toils, and nets, and hunting-spears
tipped with broad iron, and Massylian horsemen 15