Mardon, Tharabis, spear-anvils,[[10]]

And the Mysians, javelin-darting;[[11]]

Babylôn too, gold-abounding,

Sends a mingled cloud, swept onward,

Both the troops who man the vessels,

And the skilled and trustful bowmen;

And the race the sword that beareth,

Follows from each clime of Asia,

At the great King's dread commandment.

These, the bloom of Persia's greatness,