Or, pent in some Athenian tower,
Devoted to Minerva’s power,
On the robe’s tissued ground
While, shadowed by my needle, spread
Expressive forms, in vivid thread,
Picture the goddess whirling round
Her chariot with unrivalled speed;
Or represent the Titan’s impious crew,
Whom Jove’s red lightnings overthrew,
Those monsters doomed to bleed?