The grove, and stained the turf with gore;

Thee wingèd Fancy took, and nursed

On broad Euphrates' palmy shore,

And[414] where the mightier Waters burst

From caves of Indian mountains hoar!

She wrapped thee in a panther's skin;

And Thou, thy favourite food to win,

The flame-eyed eagle oft would scare

From her rock-fortress in mid air,

With infant shout; and often sweep,[415]