Deposited the goddess: evermore So warning him of evil and of good. Next led he shining Themis: and she bare Order, and Justice, and the blooming Peace, The Hours by name: who perfect all the works Of human kind: and Destinies, whom Jove All-wise array’d with honour: Lachesis, Clotho, and Atropos: who deal to men The dole of good or ill. To him anon Old Ocean’s daughter, amiablest of mien, Eurynome, [235]brought the three Graces forth Beauteous of cheek: Euphrosyne, Aglaia, And Thália blithe: their eye-lids, as they gaze, Drop love, unnerving: and beneath the shade Of their arch’d brows they steal the sidelong glance Of sweetness. To the couch anon he came Of many-nurturing Ceres: Proserpine The snowy-arm’d she bare: her gloomy Dis Snatch’d from her mother, and all-prudent Jove Consign’d the prize. Next loved he the fair-hair’d Mnemosyne: from her the Muses nine Are born: their brows with golden fillets wreath’d; Whom feasts delight, and rapture sweet of song. In mingled joy with ægis-wielding Jove Latona bore [236]the arrow-shooting Dian, And Phœbus, loveliest of the heavenly tribe. He last the blooming Juno led as bride: And she, embracing with the king of gods And men, bore Mars, and [237]Hebe, and Lucina. He from his head disclosed himself to birth The blue-eyed maid, Tritonian [238]Pallas; fierce, Rousing the war-field’s tumult; unsubdued; Leader of armies; awful: whom delight The shout of battle and the shock of war. Without th’ embrace of love did Juno bear [239]Illustrious Vulcan, o’er celestials graced With arts: and strove contending with her spouse Emulous. From the god of sounding waves, Shaker of earth, and Amphitrite, sprang [240]Sea-potent Triton huge: beneath the deep He dwells in golden edifice, a god Of awful might. Now [241]Venus gave to Mars, Breaker of shields, a dreadful offspring: Fear, And Consternation: they confound, in rout Of horrid war, the phalanx dense of men, With city-spoiler Mars. [242]Harmonia last She bare, whom generous Cadmus clasp’d as bride. Daughter of Atlas, Maia bore to Jove [243]The glorious Hermes, herald of the gods; The sacred couch ascending. [244]Semele, Daughter of Cadmus, melting in embrace With Jove, gave jocund Bacchus to the light: A mortal an immortal: now alike Immortal deities. Alcmena bare Strong Hercules: dissolving in embrace With the cloud-gatherer Jove. The crippled god, In arts illustrious, Vulcan, as his bride The gay Aglaia led, the youngest Grace. [245]Bacchus of golden hair, his blooming spouse Daughter of Minos, Ariadne clasp’d With yellow tresses. Her Saturnian Jove Immortal made, and fearless of decay. Fair-limb’d [246]Alcmena’s valiant son, achieved His agonizing labours, Hebe led