Juno alone, of all that heard the news, Nor would condemn the goddess, nor excuse; She heeded not the justice of the deed, But joy’d to see the race of Cadmus bleed; For still she kept Europa in her mind, And, for her sake, detested all her kind. Besides, to aggravate her hate, she heard How Semele, to Jove’s embrace preferr’d, Was now grown big with an immortal load, And carried in her womb a future god. Thus, terribly incensed, the goddess broke To sudden fury, and abruptly spoke: