| ———Here thou beholdst |
| Assyria, and her Empire’s ancient bounds, |
| Araxes, and the Caspian lake; thence on |
| As far as Indus east, Euphrates west, |
| And oft beyond———For now the Parthian king |
| In Ctesiphon hath gathered all his host |
| Against the Scythian, whose incursions wild |
| Have wasted Sogdiana. |
| MILTON. |