Produced by Gerard Arthus, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) When Ixion from heaven was hurl'd To hell, to be for ever whirl'd In a perpetual damning wheel, The pit's eternal pains to feel; 'Twas for a bestial, vulgar deed, Whereby that mortal did succeed In sinking Juno to the sod-- Seducing e'en that beaut'ous god! Abomination foul, was this, To ruin lovely Juno's bliss!-- To raise in heaven domestic strife, 'Twixt Jupiter and his lov'd wife!-- With sins that never were forgiven, To scandalize the court of heaven! When Jupiter in pity took T…
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