Thick fall the rains; the wind redoubled roars: The god now smit’^s the woods and now the sounding shores. […] Riotous meetings of those who drink much wine and keep late hours are now often called orgies. […] The promontory of Africa thus produced, was Mount Abyla; that of Spain, where Gibraltar now stands, Mount Calpe. […] Temples, in honour of the sun, now exist in India. […] The fourth day of the week was consecrated to him, and called Wodin’s day, now corrupted into Wednesday.

Thick fall the rains; the wind redoubled roars; The God now smites the woods, and now the sounding shores. […] She speaks; Minerva burns to meet the war, And now heav’n’s empress calls her blazing car. […] Each host now joins, and each a God inspires, These Mars incites, and chose Minerva fires. […] Now, through the trembling shores Minerva calls, And now, she thunders from the Grecian walls. […] The fourth day of the week was consecrated to him, and called Wodin’s day, now corrupted into Wednesday.