Again of old when dashed the war’s red seas + 

Against Troy’s walls, ’twas ever Corinth’s sons + 

That swayed to either side war’s balance, these + 

Helping Atreides and his mighty ones + 

To win back Helen, those to make resistance + 

Unto the uttermost, when Danaans quailed + 

Before strong Glaukus, who from the far distance + 

Of Lycia’s highlands flashed on them bronze-mailed, + 

And vaunted of his father’s empery + 

Over the city of Peirene there, + 

And of his heritage of deep-loamed lea, + 

And of his stately palace royal-fair, + 