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5. (1842) Heathen mythology

This was effected by the rays of the sun when they fell on it. […] Armed with thunder, as a proof of his divinity, and in all the glory and majesty of his godhead, he presented himself to the presumptuous mortal, who, unable to bear his presence, fell scorched by his thunderbolt. […] all these ills we bear, And thy fell daughter with the shield and spear. […] Stern beasts in trains that by his truncheon fell, Now grisly forms, shoot o’er the lawns of hell. […] After Echo had been dismissed by Jupiter, for her loquacity in proclaiming his numerous amours, she fell in love with the beautiful Narcissus.

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