Smiting with fury;[JA] and a[551] deeper dread
Scattered on all sides[JB] by the hideous jars
Of Corybantian cymbals, while the head
Of Cybelè was seen, sublimely turreted![JC]
At length a Spirit more subdued and soft
Appeared—to govern Christian pageantries:
The Cross, in calm procession, borne aloft
Moved to the chant of sober litanies.
Even such, this day, came wafted on the breeze
From a long train—in hooded vestments fair