Because Akastus, son of Pelias, hearkened + 

Unto Hippolyte’s counsels treachery-darkened, + 

From Peleus stole the sword that Daedalus wrought, + 

And by the ambush of the man-brutes sought + 

To murder him: howbeit righteous Cheiron + 

Rescued him, and that destiny he brought + 

To pass which Fate had framed with hand of iron. + 

So Peleus quenched the violence of fire, + 

And quelled the keen claws and the furious ire + 

Of lions dauntless-hearted, and the grim + 

Edge of the terrible teeth that threatened him, + 