...temples of their hostile gods ! The princes applaud, with a furious joy ; And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to destroy ; Thais led the way, To light...prey ! And, like another Helen, fired another Troy ! DRYDEN. ARIEL'S SONG. Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie ; There I couch...

...latter, she hides herself from the vengeance of the Trojans. See 11. 571-4. The verses in Dryden's Ode, Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy, probably allude to the incident in the 6th jEneid, but Virgil does not represent Helen as actually...

...8and, Each a Torch in his Handf The Princes applaud, with a furious Joy, And the king seyz'da Flambeau, with Zeal to destroy: Thais led the Way, To light him to his Prey, And. like another He}len, lir'd another Tray. (liues t3t-50l An alhtsion to Virgil's Aeueid, which Dryden completed translating...

...beautifully marked by the lengthened and swelling rhythms of Dryden's verse, making for a new harmony: Thus, long ago 'Ere heaving Bellows learn'd to blow, While Organs yet were mute; 'Iimotheus, to his breathing Flute, And sounding Lyre, Cou'd swell the Soul to rage, or kindle soft...

...to his prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy. 150 CHORUS And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way, To light...prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy. VII Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute, Timotheus, to...