And of hopes with fear unmingled the seer spake, while he bade + 

To smite with the oar the waters: the swiftly-flashing blade + 

Swung by their hands untiring over the sea sped on, + 

And the south-wind onward-wafting blew; and so they won + 

To the mouth of the Sea Unfriendly: there made they a holy place + 

To the Lord of the Deep; and a red-felled herd of the bulls of Thrace + 

Was there, and a new-built altar of stone with a basin therein. + 

And now, as they sped on, deeper they plunged into peril’s gin. + 