---

William Cowper - On Hermocratia (From The Greek)
Work rating: Low

Hermocratia named -- save only one --
Twice fifteen births I bore, and buried none;
For neither Phoebus pierced my thriving joys,
Nor Dian -- she my girls, or he my boys.
But Dian rather, when my daughters lay
In parturition, chased their pangs away.
And all my sons, by Phoebus` bounty, shared
A vigorous youth, by sickness unimpair`d.
O Niobe! far less prolific! see
Thy hoast against Latona shamed by me!
Source
The script ran 0.001 seconds.