And sweep thee onward with the cloud-rack wild;][[187]]

Crossing the sea-surf till thou come at last

Unto Kisthene's Gorgoneian plains,

Where dwell the grey-haired virgin Phorkides,[[188]]

Three, swan-shaped, with one eye between them all

And but one tooth; whom nor the sun beholds

With radiant beams, nor yet the moon by night:

And near them are their wingèd sisters three,

The Gorgons, serpent-tressed, and hating men,

Whom mortal wight may not behold and live.