Unrivalled; for on their highways were gleaming + 

Things living and moving to outward seeming, + 

So that great was their glory. Yea, craft that doth show + 

No semblance of false pretence excelleth + 

In the eyes of the wise. Now a legend telleth + 

How that Zeus and the Deathless drew lots to know + 

How shared should the earth be. Rhodes was unrisen + 

From the wide sea’s breast, but in darkling prison + 

Of abysses of brine lay far below. + 