“Thebes is embroil’d in war. Capaneus stands Invincible, but by the Thunderer’s hands. Ambition shall the guilty brothers 4 fire, Both rush to mutual wounds, and both expire. The reeling earth shall ope her gloomy womb, Where the yet breathing bard shall find his 5 tomb. The son 6 shall bathe his hands in parents’ blood, And in one act be both unjust and good. Of home and sense deprived, where’er he flies, The Furies, and his mother’s ghost, he spies. His wife the fatal bracelet shall implore, And Phegeius stain his sword in kindred gore. Callirhoe shall then with suppliant prayer Prevail on Jupiter’s relenting ear. Jove shall with youth her infant sons inspire, And bid their bosoms glow with manly fire.”