And again:
εἴη δέ μοι μετρία μὲν
χάρις πόθοι δ' ὅσιοι.
Mine be 'moderate transports' and holy yearnings.
. . . Did not Hercules by force.
This refers to the struggle between Hercules and Θάνατος.
Medea's spells dispersed the weight of years.
The story is found in Ovid, Metamorphoses, vii. 159-293.
Elysian beauty, melancholy grace,