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in his kingdom 4 ) o preyeht the manufacture of wine , and even put his son to death , and cut off his own legs in a fr ^ for branches 4 > flthe vine / F death by his subjects in a m ^ by the oracle that they would never taste wine again till Lycurgus wasnomore *
V Dryas ' s impious son , monarch of Thrace Tore the wine And its orgies denied ; Him Dionysus defied [^ He whose impious proud soul desecrated The rodf that charhieth existence , By the vengeance
Atonedthus ,: j : for presuming to defy his power . Awed by t ^ Forebore the dance , refrained the song ; Thepipe wm ^ ^ The torch was extinguished . ^ ^ Aiiti gone , 945—955 .
The next quotatio ode of triuthphin honour of Bacchus ; - — u Fair Semele ' s high-born son , Thou many-named one , Thou who callest thy lather the Thun ^ Obj ect of beautiful Italia n s love—Thou who crownest what Ceres bestoweth on all—To thee now we call Hear us ,
Bacchus ! In Thebse thy bacchantes' home , Where the bright Ismenus rolling his waters , Unites the dragon ' s sons and daughters . § On thy mount ' s double-crested heights Thy votive flames ascending , With Corycian nymphs attending , Grace thy mystic rites . Where pure Castalia laves the ground , Thy lofty Nysian summit sings , Ivy-crowned , Thy praise .
* A rod or pole , terminated by the apple of the pine or fir-cone , that being a ti ' dedicated to Bacchus in consequence of the use of the turpentine which flowed from it , and whieli was used in making wine , and borne by the Mcenades and others , iu Bacchanalian festivities . The fabulous history of Bacchus relates , that he converted the thyrsi—carried by himself and his followers—into dangerous weapons , by concealing an iron point in the head of the leaves . Hence the thyrsus was called " a spear , enveloped in vine leaves / ' and its point was thought to excite to madness . - —Smitk i Diet , of Ant . t Viz ., the thyrsus . J That is , by being fettered as here described . § In allusion to the men who sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus , Who founded Thebes .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
0!He Ang
in his kingdom 4 ) o preyeht the manufacture of wine , and even put his son to death , and cut off his own legs in a fr ^ for branches 4 > flthe vine / F death by his subjects in a m ^ by the oracle that they would never taste wine again till Lycurgus wasnomore *
V Dryas ' s impious son , monarch of Thrace Tore the wine And its orgies denied ; Him Dionysus defied [^ He whose impious proud soul desecrated The rodf that charhieth existence , By the vengeance
Atonedthus ,: j : for presuming to defy his power . Awed by t ^ Forebore the dance , refrained the song ; Thepipe wm ^ ^ The torch was extinguished . ^ ^ Aiiti gone , 945—955 .
The next quotatio ode of triuthphin honour of Bacchus ; - — u Fair Semele ' s high-born son , Thou many-named one , Thou who callest thy lather the Thun ^ Obj ect of beautiful Italia n s love—Thou who crownest what Ceres bestoweth on all—To thee now we call Hear us ,
Bacchus ! In Thebse thy bacchantes' home , Where the bright Ismenus rolling his waters , Unites the dragon ' s sons and daughters . § On thy mount ' s double-crested heights Thy votive flames ascending , With Corycian nymphs attending , Grace thy mystic rites . Where pure Castalia laves the ground , Thy lofty Nysian summit sings , Ivy-crowned , Thy praise .
* A rod or pole , terminated by the apple of the pine or fir-cone , that being a ti ' dedicated to Bacchus in consequence of the use of the turpentine which flowed from it , and whieli was used in making wine , and borne by the Mcenades and others , iu Bacchanalian festivities . The fabulous history of Bacchus relates , that he converted the thyrsi—carried by himself and his followers—into dangerous weapons , by concealing an iron point in the head of the leaves . Hence the thyrsus was called " a spear , enveloped in vine leaves / ' and its point was thought to excite to madness . - —Smitk i Diet , of Ant . t Viz ., the thyrsus . J That is , by being fettered as here described . § In allusion to the men who sprang from the dragon ' s teeth sown by Cadmus , Who founded Thebes .