...s befitted thee, thou land of Nile Fruitful in monstrous deeds: not Juba's realm, Vast though it be, nor Pontus, nor the land Thessalian, nor the arms of Pharnaces, Nor yet the tracts which chill Iberus girds, Nor Libyan coasts such wickedness have dared, As thou, and all thy minions. Closer now War hemmed them in, and weapons in the courts, Shaking the innermost recesses, fell. Yet did no ram,...