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196 F I N G A L. Book III.
As when a Hundred diff'rent Winds contend,
Or from a hundred Hills the Streams defcend ;
405 As gloomy Clouds encounter in the Sky,
Or o'er the Rocks the foaming Surges fly,
With
V. 403. Js when a hundred different Winds contend, 0?^.] There is, in
the 14th Book of the Iliad, a very noble Defcription of a general Engage-
ment, which nearly refembles this.
Oine ii.'KouTani ku/mi toitov Gocux TrpoTt pjipirov, V. 394-
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Out avtfiog TO(Taov yi ttot) ^puaiv u^tHO//.oiiTiv
'Httuei, ore |Ma^lr« f^cya Spc/ynrai x^AEa'aii'wv'
"Ocrcru apex 'Tpuav xai A%aiSv e^tXeto pwvn,
Amov aii<ravTCiiv, ot' itc a}t?\n>Jit<7iv ipovscui.
Not half fo loud the bellowing Deeps refound^
When ftormy Winds difclofe the dark Profound ;
Lefs loud the Winds, that from th' Molian Hall
Roar through the Woods, and make whole Forefts fall ;
Lefs loud the Woods, when Flames in Torrents pour,
Catch the dry Mountain, and its Shades devour.
With fuch a Rage the meeting Hofts are driv'n.
And fuch a Clamour Ihakes the founding Heav'n.
Pope.
Homer